Hot Blood (1956)

It’s a loaded week of Nicholas Ray spanning the years 1952 to 1956. He actually made 6 films total at this time so we had to narrow out the fourth one between this deep cut film and a James Cagney western. We already discussed two genre bending Nicholas Ray Westerns this week so we turn our attention to what is easily the deepest cut film we will discuss all month. We couldn’t even find a trailer for it but this Gypsy romance goes its own way. We’re discussing Ray’s 1956 quasi-musical “HOT BLOOD” from 1956 starring Jane Russell, Cornel Wilde and Luther Adler. Gypsy King Marco has a secret, he’s dying, and he wants his little brother to walk away from the goucho/gorger ways and take his place as Gypsy King by marrying another gypsy. In comes Ann, played by Jane Russell who double crosses the gaucho living Stephano by making him think she won’t go through with the marriage, and then she does. Can these gypsy newlyweds contend with their fate or will Stephano’s stubbornness stand in the way of what his brother wants for him? Very deep cut but we found a link if you want to watch it: https://archive.org/details/hot-blood-1956-720p-movies

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