Captain from Castile
Captain from Castile is a historical adventure film released by 20th Century Fox in 1947. Directed by Henry King, the Technicolor film starred Tyrone Power, Jean Peters, and Cesar Romero. Shot on location in Michoacn, Mexico, the film includes scenes of the Parcutin volcano, which was then erupting. Captain from Castile was the feature film debut of actress 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.
In the spring of 1518, near Jan, Spain, Pedro de Vargas Tyrone Power, a Castilian caballero, helps a runaway Aztec slave, Coatl Jay Silverheels, escape his cruel master, Diego de Silva John Sutton. De Silva is el supremo of the Santa Hermandad, charged with enforcing the Inquisition, and Pedros rival for the affections of the beautiful Lady Luisa de Carvajal Barbara Lawrence. Later, Pedro rescues barmaid Catana Prez Jean Peters from de Silvas men. At the inn where Catana works, Pedro becomes acquainted with Juan Garca Lee J. Cobb, an adventurer just returned from the New World to see his mother.Suspecting Pedro of aiding Coatl, and aware that Pedros influential father Don Francisco de Vargas Antonio Moreno opposes the abuses of the Santa Hermandad, de Silva imprisons Pedro and his family on the charge of heresy. Pedros young sister dies under torture. Meanwhile, Juan becomes a prison guard to help his mother, also a prisoner. He kills her to spare her further torture. Juan frees Pedros hands and gives him a sword. ........
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