Smacks with Glory | Captain From Castile [VHS]

A classic film: Captain from Castile | Captain From Castile [VHS] | Tyrone Power, Jean Peters

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	• Captain From Castile [VHS] Tyrone Power, Jean Peters 20th Century Fox, 1997 average customer review:based on 34 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Wonderful in every regard!

If you liked Zorro with Catherine Zeta
and Antonio Banderas..you are going to
love this incredible historical, romance,
adventure block-buster with the wonderful
Tyrone Power and the beautiful Jean Peters
......they are terrific together! Great
story and acting. Great music..the Trojan
Theme Conquest runs throughout!

Smacks with Glory

If you are a student of movie history you will enjoy this rousing Tyrone Power vehicle that shows some history with fanfare. I don't doubt it is relatively accurate in historical fact. The movie is colorful, buoyant, and follows the life of one man, Pedro de Vargas, played by Power. Mostly filmed in beautiful regions of Mexico, it has good camera work. Good directing, and a good sprinkling character development as well. In the beginning we see his wealthy family in Spain and then it being crushed by the Spanish Inquisition. It follows the mother and fathers escape to Italy while Pedro, with two friends along to help him, head for the coast. They join Cortez in the fleet heading for the Indies and a assault on the indians of Mexico. The movie is ripe with nationalism and although may be upsetting to some, it nonetheless tells a somewhat realistic message of conquorers like Cortez. Good quality DVD with extras and decent replayability. This can be purchased as part of a set of classic movies here at Amazon.

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A classic film: Captain from Castile

Before ordering the film version of "Captain from Castile" I re-read Samuel Shellabarger's novel of the same name, and it would be a bit unfair to criticize the film because of what it doesn't include. It would have required a film of twice the length -- i.e., over four hours -- to even approach that.

For entertainment value, however, this is a great movie. Tyrone Power is at his handsome best (not a lot of swashbuckling here), Lee J. Cobb gives, as usual, an excellent performance, and John Sutton, as the local leader of the inquisition in Caen, Spain, plays the villainous Diego de Silva without quite going over the top. Jean Peters makes a lovely Catana Peres, and Cesar Romero ("By my beard, Gentlemen") gives his performance of Hernan Cortes an air of gung-ho conqueror that plays well in this version of the Spanish invasion of Mexico. All in all, a most enjoyable film

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Good old fashioned romantic swashbuckling.

I really like Tyrone Power movies and this is one of his best. Of course the sound track by Alfred Newman is magnificent. Familiar story of Pedro De Vargas (Power) escaping the Spanish Inquisition and fleeing to Mexico where he joins the Cortes expedition. Lots of color, sword fights and neat costumes. One of the best of the swashbucling films of the 30s & 40s. Compares well with the Errol Flynn movies. But again it's the sound track that steals the show.

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