Captain from Castile (1947)

Directed by

Henry King

Genre

drama film, adventure film, historical film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 20m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Spanish nobleman is persecuted by the Inquisition and flees to Mexico, where he joins Hernan Cortes on a conquest. The film follows his struggles and adventures in the New World.

epicadventurousswashbucklinghistoricaldramaticcolorfulromantic

What happens

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 was the feature film debut of Jean Peters, who later married industrialist Howard Hughes, and of Mohawk actor Jay Silverheels, who later portrayed Tonto on the television series The Lone Ranger. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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