Jaime Bravo early training as a "trapezista" saved his life in the bull ring many times. A native of Mexico City, Jaime seldom fought there because he was so popular in border towns like Tijuana. Bravo also had the uncanny knack of utilizing scandal to garner headlines. During an August 1968 "corrida", playing to the tourist crowds of Tijuana, Bravo "requested the animal be spared. This, in turn, was denied, and the torero [Bravo] who refused to kill the bull was escorted to the local jail and fined". Bravo received headlines for his defiance. Only one month earlier, at a July 1968
Carlos Torres Ríos producer in his own right, directing and screenwriting "Bólidos de acero" in 1950. Carlos Torres Ríos Carlos Torres Ríos (1898–1956) was an Argentine cinematographer, film director, screenwriter, film editor and film producer of the classic era. Born in Buenos Aires, he worked as a cinematographer in films beginning with "Palomas rubias" (1920), "La Gaucha" (1921) and "Buenos Aires, ciudad de ensueño" (1922) and films such as "Adiós Buenos Aires" (1938) and "Al marido hay que seguirlo" (1948). He later worked with his brother Leopoldo Torres Ríos in films of the 1940s and 1950s, a highly influential pair in Argentine cinema.