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The film is an adaptation of the 1945 best-selling novel Captain from Castile by Samuel Shellabarger. The film's story covers the first half of the historical epic, describing the protagonist's persecution at the hands of the Spanish Inquisition and his escape to the New World to join Hernán Cortés in an expedition to conquer Mexico .
- December 25, 1947
- Lamar Trotti, Darryl F. Zanuck (executive producer)
A swashbuckling adventure film starring Tyrone Power as a Spanish officer who joins Cortez's expedition to Mexico. IMDb provides cast and crew information, trivia, quotes, and user and critic reviews of the movie.
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Set in 16th-century Mexico, this historical adventure follows nobleman Pedro De Vargas (Tyrone Power) as he flees from Spain after offending an Inquisition officer.
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- Henry King
- Adventure
- Tyrone Power
Find out who starred in and worked on the 1947 historical adventure film Captain from Castile, directed by Henry King and based on a novel by Samuel Shellabarger. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, composers and more on IMDb.
A young Spanish officer fleeing the Inquisition accompanies Cortez's invasion of Mexico in this Technicolor film based on a novel by Samuel Shellabarger. Starring Tyrone Power, Jean Peters, and Cesar Romero, the film depicts the clash of cultures and ideologies between the Spanish and the Aztecs.
YouTube Movies & TV. 180M subscribers. ...more. Forced to flee his home during the Spanish Inquisition, nobleman Pedro De Vargas escapes with a beautiful peasant girl and joins Cortz on his...
Jun 22, 2014 · Captain from Castile begins in Spain, the early years of the sixteenth century. A member of the aristocracy, Pedro de Vargas (Power), after assisting a runaway Aztec slave, Coatl (Jay Silverheels), comes up against Diego de Silva (John Sutton), a zealous nobleman ever watchful for heretics for the Spanish Inquisition.