When the priest appears at Artiguez's house, he's gone, so the priest tells Paco to pass on the message that Artiguez's mother is already dead, and not to go to San Martín. After Viñolas has laid his trap, Artiguez's mother dies, but Viñolas sends a spy to convince Artiguez otherwise, and to come visit her. In return for information about the layout of the hospital and surrounding area, Paco tells Artiguez to "bump into Viñolas" for him.Ī priest ( Omar Sharif) visits with Artiguez's mother, who initially refuses to speak to him, but his kindness and sincerity win her over enough to ask him to warn her son not to come to see her, as she knows the Guard will be waiting for him. Like all Republican sympathizers, she is contemptuous and deeply suspicious of all Catholic clergy, some of who collaborated with Francoist Spain, both during and after the war. Meanwhile, Viñolas has learned that Artiguez's mother ( Mildred Dunnock) is dying, and sets a trap at the hospital in San Martín to capture Artiguez, presuming that he will come to see his mother. Paco lets Artiguez know that his father was killed because he wouldn't tell the police where to find Artiguez, whom Viñolas must capture if he is to retain his rank in the Guard. Paco tells Artiguez that he wants him to kill Viñolas ( Anthony Quinn), a Guardia Civil officer, for killing his father. Pedro sends Paco into France to find his uncle and Artiguez. The story returns twenty years later, to a young boy named Paco (Carlo Angeletti), who asks a man named Pedro ( Paolo Stoppa) why Artiguez, who is legendary for his fierce resistance to Franco even after the defeat of the Republicans, has stopped his guerrilla raids against the Francoists in Spain. His friends stop him, saying "Manuel, the war is over!". Republican guerrilla fighter Manuel Artiguez ( Gregory Peck) turns away from the border and back towards Spain.
#Behold a pale horse 1964 stream movie
The movie opens with shots from the Spanish Civil War, and a line of Spanish refugees crossing the border into France after defeat by the Francoists.