Captain from Castile

Captain from Castile
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Henry King
Produced by	Lamar Trotti Darryl F. Zanuck (executive producer)
Written by	Lamar Trotti
Based on	Captain from Castile by Samuel Shellabarger
Starring	Tyrone Power Jean Peters Cesar Romero
Music by	Alfred Newman
Cinematography	Charles G. Clarke Arthur E. Arling Joseph LaShelle (uncredited)
Edited by	Barbara McLean
Distributed by	Twentieth Century-Fox
Release date	December 25, 1947
Running time	141 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$4.5 million
Box office	$3,650,000 (US rentals)

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 Michoacán, Mexico, the film includes scenes of the Parícutin 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.

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.

In the spring of 1518, near Jaén, 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 Pedro's rival for the affections of the beautiful Lady Luisa de Carvajal (Barbara Lawrence). Later, Pedro rescues barefoot barmaid Catana Pérez (Jean Peters) from de Silva's men. At the inn where Catana works, Pedro becomes acquainted with Juan García (Lee J. Cobb), an adventurer just returned from the New World to see his mother.