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Based On Novel Or Book | Mexico
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Best Music Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | 1948
Budget 4,500,000 USD
In several of the scenes in Mexico, a large smoke cloud is seen on the horizon. At the end of the movie smoke is shown rising from a volcano. This is most likely a fortuitous eruption of the Paricutin volcano in 1947, when the movie was filmed, standing in for the eruption of Popocatepetl on Cortez's day.
Film debut of Jean Peters. NOTE: She had never acted before this film. She replaced Linda Darnell, who was originally cast in the lead but shortly before production began, was taken off the picture and given the lead in Forever Amber (1947), replacing inexperienced lead actress Peggy Cummins. Peters was given the lead in this picture based on a screen test she had taken at Fox just a week before filming began that had impressed the film's producers.
Alfred Newman's score is one of the earliest soundtracks to be released as a separate album. It consisted of 18 minutes of music on three double-sided 78-rpm records.
Alfred Newman's "Conquest" theme was adopted by the University of Southern California athletic teams.
While the film depicts Cortez burning his ships to prevent escape to Cuba, in actuality he decided to sink (scuttle) them on the pretext that they were not seaworthy.
"Pedro De Vargas: [reacting to the torture of his sister] I'll confess anything if you'll just release her! Don Francisco De Vargas: No! Do not save her by a lie! Silva, if you do this thing, look to your own soul!"
"Prof. Botello: Even my skill cannot defeat the will of God, but I've stopped the bleeding. You'll have to admit it's a well-sealed wound!"
