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Capitaine de Castille

Original title: Captain from Castile
  • 1947
  • Approved
  • 2h 20m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
2.4K
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Tyrone Power and Jean Peters in Capitaine de Castille (1947)
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The invasion of Mexico by Cortez, as seen by a young Spanish officer fleeing the Inquisition.The invasion of Mexico by Cortez, as seen by a young Spanish officer fleeing the Inquisition.The invasion of Mexico by Cortez, as seen by a young Spanish officer fleeing the Inquisition.

  • Director
    • Henry King
  • Writers
    • Lamar Trotti
    • Samuel Shellabarger
    • John Tucker Battle
  • Stars
    • Tyrone Power
    • Jean Peters
    • Cesar Romero
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    2.4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Henry King
    • Writers
      • Lamar Trotti
      • Samuel Shellabarger
      • John Tucker Battle
    • Stars
      • Tyrone Power
      • Jean Peters
      • Cesar Romero
    • 59User reviews
    • 27Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

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    Tyrone Power
    Tyrone Power
    • Pedro De Vargas
    Jean Peters
    Jean Peters
    • Catana Perez
    Cesar Romero
    Cesar Romero
    • Hernando Cortez
    Lee J. Cobb
    Lee J. Cobb
    • Juan Garcia
    John Sutton
    John Sutton
    • Diego De Silva
    Antonio Moreno
    Antonio Moreno
    • Don Francisco De Vargas
    Thomas Gomez
    Thomas Gomez
    • Father Bartolome Romero
    Alan Mowbray
    Alan Mowbray
    • Prof. Botello
    Barbara Lawrence
    Barbara Lawrence
    • Luisa De Carvajal
    George Zucco
    George Zucco
    • Marquis De Carvajal
    Roy Roberts
    Roy Roberts
    • Capt. Alvarado
    Marc Lawrence
    Marc Lawrence
    • Corio
    Robert Adler
    Robert Adler
    • Reyes
    • (uncredited)
    Mimi Aguglia
    Mimi Aguglia
    • Doña Hernandez
    • (uncredited)
    Dolly Arriaga
    • Mercedes De Vargas
    • (uncredited)
    Virginia Brissac
    Virginia Brissac
    • Doña Maria De Vargas
    • (uncredited)
    John Burton
    • DeLora
    • (uncredited)
    Guillermo Calles
    • Aztec
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Henry King
    • Writers
      • Lamar Trotti
      • Samuel Shellabarger
      • John Tucker Battle
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    User reviews59

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    8claudio_carvalho

    Melodramatic and Romantic Epic Adventure

    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")
    10andyevel6

    The best picture made on the conquest of the Americas

    There are many pleasant surprises in this epic movie. For one, it was filmed in spectacular Technicolor and was superbly photographed in actual locations. Piramids were built, volcanoes were erupting for real and ancient ship replicas were destroyed at sea. One of the main surprises was seeing that the beautiful Jean Peters could act. This actress without much dramatic training did an excellent job in her movie debut. She practically steals the picture from Tyrone Power - Impossible? She does, and he's very good in this one. See her last scene, while waiting to move deeper into Mexico with Cortez; it's a treasure. I became a fan after seeing Miss Peters in the pirate flick "Anne of the Indies" (she plays 'the pirate'), and have seen most of her movies since. It's a shame Fox didn't use her talents in better fares, such as Susan Hayward's "I Want to Live", but then Howard Hughes came into the picture while she was doing Castille and, I imagine, his obsession over her beauty ruined a promising career. This film is partly based on true events and has an excellent cast, a fantastic screenplay and a musical score by Arthur Newman that rivals any other composed for anepic flick -then and even now. It's on DVD now. Get it before they become extinct. It's worth seeing. Beautiful vistas, a handsome Ty Power and a gorgeous Jean Peters.
    8hitchcockthelegend

    Even my skill cannot defeat the will of God, but I've stopped the bleeding. You'll have to admit it's a well-sealed wound!

    The Spanish inquisition and the invasion of Cortez into Mexico - Henry King style!

    A film firmly split in two halves, Captain From Castile may at times over stretch its aims on the, but the sweepingly gorgeous texture is quite something to behold. Tyrone Power takes up the lead role of Pedro De Vargas and firmly cements his star status with a wonderful performance, handsome and brave, he carries the film easily on its joyous course from Spain to Mexico, whilst stoic male support comes from Cesar Romero (Cortez and never better), Lee J. Cobb (Juan Garcia) and John Sutton (Diego De Silva). Head female duty falls to a vibrantly young Jean Peters (in her film debut) as Catana Perez, pretty and beguiling, her gorgeous green eyes shining bright in this Technicolor spectacle, she is the perfect foil to Power's dash and swagger.

    Production costs are thought to have been over $4 million, yet even though the film sadly lost money, the money spent is still evident at every turn and it proved to be very popular with critics and film lovers alike. Director Henry King wonderfully utilises the panoramic vistas of the Mexican locale and the costumes come right out of the top draw, but one of the most striking things in this magnificent production is the score from Alfred Newman. Stirring and emotionally hard, it has to rank as one of the best scores to have ever been composed. I strongly recommend the isolated score option on the excellent Region 1 DVD. It's a far from perfect film for sure (the no battle pay-off at the finale is a great disappointment), but the harking back to old historical days of yore can induce a tingle on the spine, and in that respect the piece delivers handsomely. Just like its leading man ironically enough. 8/10
    8bruce-223

    Excellent "old school" adventure film.

    The first time I saw a version of "Captain from Castile" was on a black and white TV in the late Fifties and it became one of my favorite films which I have seen at least ten times and will continue to pull it out. It was a pleasant surprise to see the full version in color as I thought it was shot in black and white

    This doesn't have the spectacular effects of today's films. It is just an excellent "old school" adventure film which deals with honor and loyalty which are pretty much lacking in today's films. It fired my young imagination and encouraged me to read the book by Samuel Shellabarger upon which it was based.

    It has a wonderful cast including Ty Power, Jean Peters, Lee J. Cobb, John Sutton, Caesar Romero, and a lot of veterans in minor rolls including Jay Silverheels (Tonto). Alfred Newman's score is good.

    Power was great as usual and Jean Peters turns in an excellent performance -- this was her first film.

    Much of the film was shot in Mexico following the actual route that Cortez followed when he was conquering the Aztecs. (Check out the live volcano in the background that was erupting while the film was shot. That ain't a painted background.)

    I highly recommend this film especially if you haven't seen a Tyrone Power film because this is one of his best.
    7HotToastyRag

    Post-war swashbuckler

    When making a swashbuckling adventure movie set during the Spanish Inquisition, who do you think Hollywood would cast? Tyrone Power of course! Back safe and sound from WWII, Ty continued his exciting career at full throttle, so if you liked The Black Swan and The Mark of Zorro, you'll want to watch Captain from Castile.

    Alfred Newman gives a reprisal of his music from The Black Swan, with the substitution of a Spanish flair for the pirate flair, and in Technicolor, the lush costumes and on-location backgrounds are very pretty to watch-not to mention the prettiness of the lead. After Ty's family is accused, tortured, and killed unjustly in the Inquisition, he joins a band of rebels bent on taking down the bad guys. Ty never takes on an accent during these swashbuckling movies-although you can catch him with an Irish accent in a couple of others-but he puts his heart into his heroes, so it hardly seems to matter, even when everyone else around him puts on an accent.

    You'll have to search hard to recognize Cesar Romero, the lead of the fighting rebels, for he's covered up in a helmet and a beard and doesn't look at all like his usual handsome self. He does smile a couple of times, and you can tell it's he's in there. Thankfully, Tyrone Power is thoroughly prettied up with long, curly hair, making him look like George Clooney. While it's normally an effort to tear your eyes away from him when he's on the screen, during the seductive dance between him and Jean Peters, it's practically impossible. His lustful expression is even more distracting that his beautiful, perfect nose in profile.

    If you're undecided as to your opinion on old swashbucklers, this might not be the best to start with, also if you're not interested in the time period. But if you do like this genre, or if Ty is your favorite of the bucks, you'll want to watch it. Also, you'll get to see a very young Jean Peters in her first movie, and since she didn't make many, it's fun to see her while you can.

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    • Trivia
      In several of the scenes in Mexico, a large smoke cloud is seen on the horizon. At the end of the movie smoke is shown rising from a volcano. This is most likely a fortuitous eruption of the Paricutin volcano in 1947, when the movie was filmed, standing in for the eruption of Popocatepetl on Cortez's day.
    • Goofs
      Early in the film in the prison, several characters are shown in separate scenes carrying a lantern and appear to be dragging an electrical cord attached to one of their legs. Although there is a candle in the lantern, the light coming from the lantern is so constant and bright that it is obviously coming from an electric light bulb shining down from the top of the lantern.
    • Quotes

      Coatl: I think of what you do for me in Spain. I think I speak to you now. Maybe I understand better why you come here. This is my country, senor. These are my people, my gods. We not come tell you to stop loving your gods. We not come to make you slaves. Why do you do this, senor?

      Pedro De Vargas: Well, I'm afraid I haven't any answer for that. It isn't right for men to worship idols. There's only one true God.

      Coatl: Maybe your God and my God same God. Maybe we just call him by different names.

    • Connections
      Featured in 20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years (1997)

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    • Release date
      • May 26, 1948 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Nahuatl
    • Also known as
      • Un capitán de Castilla
    • Filming locations
      • Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    • Budget
      • $4,500,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 20 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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