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.
as Fernán González
as Jerifán
as Jerónimo
as Sancha
as Don Nuño
as Abderramán
as Reina Teresa
as Ramiro II, rey de León
as Don Sancho
as Santiago
as Maria Estévez
as Gonzalo Díaz
as Millán
as Don García
as Capitán
as Íñigo
as Fraile
as Peribáñez
as Bustius
as Doña Guiomar
as Abad
as Moro principal
as Vendedor de ungüentos
as Juglar
as Centinela
as Zaira
as Noble
