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Captain from Castile is a 1947 American historical adventure film. It was released by 20th Century-Fox. Directed by Henry King, the Technicolor film stars Tyrone Power, Jean Peters, and Cesar Romero. Shot on location in Michoacán, Mexico, the film includes scenes of the Parícutin volcano, which was then erupting.
Captain from Castile: Directed by Henry King. With Tyrone Power, Jean Peters, Cesar Romero, Lee J. Cobb. The invasion of Mexico by Cortez, as seen by a young Spanish officer fleeing the Inquisition.
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Captain From Castile. Released Dec 25, 1947 2h 20m Adventure List. Reviews 60% Audience Score 250+ Ratings Set in 16th-century Mexico, this historical adventure follows nobleman Pedro De Vargas ...
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By the time shooting began on Captain from Castile (1947), the de Silva character had morphed into the head of the Spanish Inquisition, a judicial arm of the Catholic Church and Spain's royalty established in 1478 to ferret out heretics; it became a tool for persecuting non-Christians and even Protestants both in Europe and the New World. The ...
Forced to flee his home during the Spanish Inquisition, nobleman Pedro De Vargas escapes with a beautiful peasant girl and joins Cortz on his dangerous exped...
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Jun 22, 2014 · Master of Women’s Hearts . . . Conqueror of a New World. C aptain from Castile was made in the twilight years of Hollywood’s Golden Age. Its making, unfortunately, bridged the time from the purchase of the screen rights to Samuel Shellabarger’s novel in late 1944, when movie attendance was at a record high, to the premiere, Christmas 1947, by which time theater attendance had fallen ...
