The Brave One is a 1956 American drama film directed by Irving Rapper and starring Michel Ray, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr., and Elsa Cárdenas.

It tells the story of a Mexican boy who tries to save his beloved bull Gitano from a deadly duel against a champion matador.

Leonardo, the young son of the cattle herder, takes the animal home, gives him the name "Gitano" and raises him lovingly.

Don Alejandro, at the time Leonardo writes, is in Europe, taking part in various car races and the letter is slow to reach him.

Weeks pass and then to his great joy, Leonardo receives a letter from Don Alejandro with a deed of gift attached.

Shortly before the matador is set to give the fatal blow to Gitano, the Indulto request is granted by the arena management.

The story credit was originally given to Robert Rich, a pseudonym used by Dalton Trumbo, one of the Hollywood Ten, who had been jailed for eleven months starting in 1950, then blacklisted for refusing to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee.

The King Brothers later sued RKO for mismanaging the distribution and sale of the film, claiming $6 million in damages.