Release Date

07 Mar, 1963

Runtime

02:08: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

TRUE...Actually Shot in the Medieval Locations Where the Actual Story Took Place!

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.

Original Title

El valle de las espadas

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Actors

Espartaco Santoni

Frankie Avalon

Cesar Romero

Teresa Velázquez

Tomás Blanco

Germán Cobos

Alida Valli

Fernando Rey

Broderick Crawford

Julio Peña

Soledad Miranda

Rafael Durán

George Rigaud

Ángel del Pozo

Luis Induni

Beni Deus

José Calvo

Paco Morán

Hugo Pimentel

Lola Alba

Roberto Rey

Crew

Javier Setó

Paulino Rodrigo

Mario Pacheco

Luis de los Arcos

Al Wyatt Sr.

José Antonio de la Guerra

Paulino Rodrigo

José María Moreno

Luis de los Arcos

Sidney W. Pink