Set in Spain, 1518, young caballero Pedro De Vargas offends his sadistic neighbor, De Silva, an officer of the Inquisition. Forced to flee, Pedro, along with his friend Juan Garcia and devoted servant girl Catana, joins Cortez's first expedition to Mexico. Upon arriving in the new land, Cortez shifts from exploration to conquest with only 500 men. Pedro becomes deeply involved in continuous adventures and a romantic interlude, almost forgetting he has made a deadly enemy. Cast: - Tyrone Power as Pedro de Vargas - Jean Peters as Catana Pérez - Cesar Romero as Hernán Cortés - Lee J. Cobb as Juan García - John Sutton as Diego de Silva - Antonio Moreno as Don Francisco de Vargas - Thomas Gomez as Father Bartolomé de Olmedo - Alan Mowbray as Professor Botello - Barbara Lawrence as Luisa de Carvajal - George Zucco as Marquis de Carvajal - Roy Roberts as Capt. Pedro de Alvarado - Marc Lawrence as Corio - Robert Shaw as Spanish army officer (uncredited) - Jay Silverheels as Coatl (uncredited) Runtime: 141 minutes.