A conscientious Spanish priest (Omar Sharif), on his way to visit Lourdes in France, has essential, confidential information that may affect them all. Viñolas, wishing to end his career with a win, hopes the wily Artiguez will try and sets a trap. A young boy, whose father was tortured by Manuel’s old enemy, Guardia Civil ‘Captain Viñolas (Anthony Quinn), tries to get the aging resistance fighter to make another crossing and revenge-kill the policeman. Twenty years after the Spanish Civil War has ended, longtime anti-Fascist exile ‘Manuel Artiguez’ (Gregory Peck) has ceased his legendary guerrilla raids into Franco’s Spain from a safe haven across the border in France. It’s a serious, well-crafted picture that’s aged well.įRANCISCO: “ The Lord giveth and taketh.” PILAR: “ Mostly taketh.”ġ959. Hindsight reveals that the critics who said they knew films and the crowds who didn’t know history from hairballs were both wrong. BEHOLD A PALE HORSE, with a respected director and three hot stars, got a big rollout from Columbia studios in 1964, but critics sloughed it off and the public didn’t evince enough interest in the subject matter to raise the $3,900,000 drama above 55th place, with a gross of just $5,100,000.
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