The Castilian (1963)

Also released as Valley of the Swords this lugubrious USSpanish coproduction features the usual mid1960s 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 Crawfords 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 Santonis path is smoothed by the celestial intervention of patron saints Milan and Santiago Among the big names picking up a few taxfree dollars in The Castilian are Cesar Romero Linda Darnell Alida Valli and Fernando Rey