The Castilian
El valle de las espadas
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.
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Cast
Cesar Romero
as Jerónimo
Alida Valli
as Reina Teresa
Beni Deus
as Íñigo
Teresa Velázquez
as Sancha
Julio Peña
as Santiago
Rafael Durán
as Gonzalo Díaz
Fernando Rey
as Ramiro II, rey de León
Luis Induni
as Capitán
José Manuel Martín
as Centinela
Germán Cobos
as Abderramán
George Rigaud
as Millán
Hugo Pimentel
as Bustius
Rufino Inglés
Espartaco Santoni
as Fernán González
Soledad Miranda
as Maria Estévez
José Bastida
Broderick Crawford
as Don Sancho
Roberto Rey
as Abad
José María Caffarel
as Moro principal
Luis Morris
as Juglar
Frankie Avalon
as Jerifán
Ángel del Pozo
as Don García
José Calvo
as Fraile
Paco Morán
as Peribáñez
Xan das Bolas
Mike Brendel
as Noble
Tomás Blanco
as Don Nuño
José Orjas
as Vendedor de ungüentos
