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