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Director: Anthony Mann
Genre: Historical Epic, Epic, Historical Film
Release Date: December 21, 1961 (Italy)
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Summary:
When French playwright Pierre Corneille wrote El Cid, a fanciful version of the life of 11th-century Spanish hero Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar, aka "El Cid", an attempt was made to honor the "classic unities" and to compress the whole story into a single day! Be assured that the 1961 film version of El Cid is more faithful to the actual chronology. Charl... Full Summary >>

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Cast:
Charlton Heston - (Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar/El Cid)
Sophia Loren - (Chimene)
Raf Vallone - (Count Ordonez)
Ralph Truman - (King Ferdinand)
Gary Raymond - (Prince Sancho)
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Charlton Heston's knack for wearing the mantle of larger-than-life characters serves him well in this 1961 Anthony Mann film of a noble Spanish warrior's campaign to unite his divided country against the threat of a Moorish invasion. Amid the pageant ... Continue >>

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