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.
Directed by Javier Setó
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Cast

Espartaco Santoni
Fernán González

Frankie Avalon
Jerifán

Cesar Romero
Jerónimo

Teresa Velázquez
Sancha
Tomás Blanco
Don Nuño

Germán Cobos
Abderramán

Alida Valli
Reina Teresa

Fernando Rey
Ramiro II, rey de León

Broderick Crawford
Don Sancho

Julio Peña
Santiago

Soledad Miranda
Maria Estévez

Rafael Durán
Gonzalo Díaz

George Rigaud
Millán

Ángel del Pozo
Don García
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