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El Cid

1961, Movie, NR, 180 mins

El Cid: Review

Director Anthony Mann's first and finest venture into big-budget epic terrain, with Charlton Heston as the 11-century Spanish leader. EL CID becomes estranged from his fiancee, Chimene (Sophia Loren), after he kills her father (Andrew Cruickshank), who has unjustly accused him of treason. El Cid and Chimene are married but never enjoy a wedding night; she plots against him and, when her intrigues come to naught, enters a convent. Upon the death of King Ferdinand (Ralph Trum... read more leave a comment

El Cid: Cast & Details

Year: 1961
Rated NR

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Cast
Sophia Loren: Chimene
Charlton Heston: Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar/El Cid
John Fraser: King Alfonso
Raf Vallone: Count Ordonez
Genevieve Page: Queen Urraca
Gary Raymond: King Sancho

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