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The Castilian (1963)
Directed by Javier Setó
“TRUE...Actually Shot in the Medieval Locations Where the Actual Story Took Place!”
Adventure, Drama · 2h 08m
Also released as Valley of the Swords, this lugubrious US/Spanish co-production features the usual mid-1960s "tax shelter" international cast. Broderick Crawford plays a despotic 10th century Spanish king who, in cahoots with the invading Moors, has banished handsome Castilian nobleman Spartaco Santoni. With the surreptitious aid of Crawford's daughter Teresa Velasquez, Santoni assembles an army to march against the Moors. In keeping with the 13th century epic poem from which this film was derived ("El Poema de Fernan Gonzales") Santoni's path is smoothed by the celestial intervention of patron saints Milan and Santiago. Among the big names picking up a few tax-free dollars in The Castilian are Cesar Romero, Linda Darnell, Alida Valli and Fernando Rey.
Cast
Espartaco Santoni
Fernán González
Frankie Avalon
Jerifán
Cesar Romero
Jerónimo
Teresa Velázquez
Sancha
Germán Cobos
Abderramán
Alida Valli
Reina Teresa
Fernando Rey
Ramiro II, rey de León
Broderick Crawford
Don Sancho
Julio Peña
Santiago
Soledad Miranda
Maria Estévez
Rafael Durán
Gonzalo Díaz
Crew
- Director
- Javier Setó
- Screenplay
- Paulino Rodrigo, Luis de los Arcos
- Director of Photography
- Mario Pacheco
- Producer
- Sidney W. Pink
Details
- Original title
- El valle de las espadas
- Release date
- 1963-03-07
- Runtime
- 2h 08m
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama
- Original language
- ES
- Spoken languages
- Spanish, English
- Countries
- Spain, United States of America
- Production
- Cinemagic Inc., M.D. Producciones Cinematográficas