Captain from Castile Overview:

Captain from Castile (1947) was a Adventure - Drama Film directed by Henry King and produced by Lamar Trotti.

SYNOPSIS

The sweeping epic of a Spanish nobleman who seeks his fortune by enlisting with Cortez's campaign to conquer Mexico. Romantic, lavish, and highly recommended. Peters's first screen role.

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Academy Awards 1947 --- Ceremony Number 20 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Music - ScoringAlfred NewmanNominated
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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.


Juan Escudero: Believe me, gentlemen, a lame goat takes no siesta. If something's got to be done, do it.


Father Bartolome Romero: God's love is a heavy burden.


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Alfred Newman's "Conquest" theme was adopted by the University of Southern California athletic teams.
When Director of Photography Arthur E. Arling fell behind schedule, Charles G. Clarke was taken off of Miracle on 34th Street and replaced him.
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.
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