''The Sword of Granada'' (Spanish:''El corazón y la espada'') is a 1953 Mexican

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directed by

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and Carlos Véjar hijo and starring

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and Rebeca Iturbide.Quinlan p.281 It was released in the United States in 1956.

Cast

as Don Pedro de Rivera *

as Lolita * Rebeca Iturbide as Princesa Esme * Tito Junco as Ponce de León *

Miguel Ángel Ferriz Miguel Ángel Ferriz (29 November 1899 – 1 January 1967) was a Mexican film actor.Agrasánchez, p. 158. Selected filmography * '' The Night of the Mayas'' (1939) * ''The Rock of Souls'' (1942) * ''The Eternal Secret'' (1942) * '' The Spectre of ...

as Padre Angélico * Fernando Casanova as Capitán del califa *

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as Mensajera de Princesa Esme *

Víctor Alcocer Víctor Alcocer Gómez (March 23, 1917 – October 2, 1984) was a Mexican actor of film, television and voice-over.José Torvay José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacu ...

* Norma Ancira as Sara, doncella de Esme *

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as Alquimista * Antonio Haro Oliva *

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as Azotador

References

Bibliography

* Quinlan, David. ''Quinlan's Film Stars''. Batsford, 2000.

External links

* 1953 films 1950s historical adventure films Mexican historical adventure films 1950s Spanish-language films Films set in Spain Mexican black-and-white films Films directed by Edward Dein 1950s Mexican films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub