The Spanish explorer Pizarro captures the Inca god-chief Atahualpa and promises to free him upon the delivery of a hoard of gold. But Pizarro finds himself torn between his desire for conquest and his sense of honor after friendship and respect develops between captive and captor.
Robert Shaw
as Francisco Pizarro
Christopher Plummer
as Atahualpa
Nigel Davenport
as De Soto
Leonard Whiting
as Young Martin
Michael Craig
as Estete
Andrew Keir
as Valverde
William Marlowe
as Candia
James Donald
as King Carlos
Alexander Davion
as De Nizza
Shmulik Kraus
as Felipillo
Percy Herbert
as Diego
David Bauer
as Villac Umu
