| Captain from Castile | |
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| Directed by | Henry King |
| Screenplay by | Lamar Trotti |
| Based on | Captain from Castile 1945 novel by Samuel Shellabarger |
| Produced by | Lamar Trotti Darryl F. Zanuck (executive producer) |
| Starring | Tyrone Power Jean Peters Cesar Romero |
| Cinematography | Charles G. Clarke Arthur E. Arling Joseph LaShelle (uncredited) |
| Edited by | Barbara McLean |
| Music by | Alfred Newman |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation |
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Running time | 141 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $4.5 million |
| Box office | $3,650,000 (US rentals)[1] |
Captain from Castile is a 1947 American historical adventure film. It was released by 20th Century-Fox. Directed by Henry King, the Technicolor film stars Tyrone Power, Jean Peters, and Cesar Romero. Shot on location in Michoacán, Mexico, the film includes scenes of the Parícutin volcano, which was then erupting. Captain from Castile was the feature film debut of 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.
The film is an adaptation of the 1945 best-selling novel Captain from Castile by Samuel Shellabarger. The film's story covers the first half of the historical epic, describing the protagonist's persecution at the hands of the Spanish Inquisition and his escape to the New World to join Hernán Cortés in an expedition to conquer Mexico.