The invasion of Mexico by Cortez, as seen by a young Spanish officer fleeing the Inquisition.
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Title: Captain from Castile (1947)
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| Tyrone Power | ... | Pedro De Vargas | |
| Jean Peters | ... | Catana Perez | |
| Cesar Romero | ... | Hernando Cortez | |
| Lee J. Cobb | ... | Juan Garcia | |
| John Sutton | ... | Diego De Silva | |
| Antonio Moreno | ... | Don Francisco De Vargas | |
| Thomas Gomez | ... | Father Bartolome Romero | |
| Alan Mowbray | ... | Prof. Botello (the astrologer) | |
| Barbara Lawrence | ... | Luisa De Carvajal | |
| George Zucco | ... | Marquis De Carvajal | |
| Roy Roberts | ... | Capt. Alvarado | |
| Marc Lawrence | ... | Corio | |
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Spain, 1518: young caballero Pedro De Vargas offends his sadistic neighbor De Silva, who just happens to be an officer of the Inquisition. Forced to flee, Pedro, friend Juan Garcia, and adoring servant girl Catana join Cortez' first expedition to Mexico. Arriving in the rich new land, Cortez decides to switch from exploration to conquest...with only 500 men. Embroiled in continuous adventures and a romantic interlude, Pedro almost forgets he has a deadly enemy... Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
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January 1948 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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While the movie depicts the burning of his ships, to prevent escape to Cuba, Cortez actually decided to sink (scuttle) them on the pretext that they were not seaworthy. See more »Goofs
When an announcement is made in the town square in Cuba, it is preceded and followed by an extra who makes a poor attempt at playing a roll on a conga, with one hand tripping over the other. As Cuba is the home of the conga, there were hundreds of local experts who could have played it properly and at three times the speed. See more »Quotes
Juan Escudero: Believe me, gentlemen, a lame goat takes no siesta. If something's got to be done, do it.See more »
In the spring of 1518, in Spain, the nobleman Pedro de Vargas (Tyrone Power) helps the Indian slave and his friend Coatl (Jay Silverheels) to escape from the cruel Diego de Silva (John Sutton) and then he rescues the plebeian Catana Perez (Jean Peters) from two men of Diego de Silva. He goes to the inn where Catana works to explain why the sheets are torn up, and Pedro befriends Juan Garcia (Lee J. Cobb), a simple man that made fortune in Cuba.
When he comes home, Pedro finds that Diego de Silva has used his political influence to accuse Pedro and his family of heretics and they are imprisoned. Diego's executioners torture and kill Pedro's twelve years old sister but Juan Garcia and Catana help Pedro and his the family to escape from prison: Pedro's parents go to Italy and Pedro, Juan and Catana go to Cuba and join Cortez' expedition to Mexico. They participate of the fall of the Aztec Empire in the beginning of the Spanish colonization of the New World.
"Captain from Castile" is a melodramatic and romantic epic adventure having the historic conquest of Mexico by Hernando Cortez as background. Tyrone Power is excellent in the role of a Spaniard nobleman that joins the first expedition of Cortez to Mexico and is promoted to captain for his loyalty and efficiency. Jean Peters is amazingly beautiful and John Sutton is a great villain. The story is politically incorrect in the present days but is accurate and a great entertainment. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "O Capitão de Castela" ("The Captain from Castile")