El Cid 1961 Movie Review

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Great epic movie from 1961 El Cid
Directed by Anthony Mann
Screenplay by Philip Yordan Fredric M. Frank Ben Barzman
Story by Fredric M. Frank
Produced by Samuel Bronston Cinematography Robert Krasker
Edited by Robert Lawrence Music by Miklós Rózsa
Cast
Charlton Heston as Don Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, El Cid
Sophia Loren as Chimene
Herbert Lom as Ben Yusuf
Raf Vallone as García Ordóñez
Geneviève Page as Doña Urraca (sister of Alfonso VI)
John Fraser as Alfonso VI (King of Castile)
Douglas Wilmer as al-Mu'tamin (Emir of Zaragoza)
Frank Thring as al-Kadir (Emir of Valencia)
Michael Hordern as Don Diego (father of Rodrigo)
Andrew Cruickshank as Count Gormaz (father of Chimene)
Gary Raymond as Prince Sancho, the 1st born of King Ferdinand
Ralph Truman as King Ferdinand
Massimo Serato as Fañez (nephew of Rodrigo)
Hurd Hatfield, as Arias
Tullio Carminati as Al-Jarifi
Fausto Tozzi as Dolfos
Christopher Rhodes as Don Martín Carlo Giustini as Bermúdez
Gérard Tichy as King Ramiro Barbara Everest as Mother Superior
Nerio Bernardi as Soldier Franco Fantasia as Soldier

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