- Christopher Columbus (1949 film)
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Christopher Columbus 
Directed by David MacDonald Written by Muriel Box
Sydney Box
Cyril Roberts
Rafael Sabatini (novel)Starring Fredric March
Florence EldridgeRelease date(s) October 12, 1949 Country United Kingdom Language English Christopher Columbus is a 1949 British biographical film starring Fredric March as Christopher Columbus and Florence Eldridge as Queen Isabella. It was based on the novel Christopher Columbus by Rafael Sabatini.
Cast
- Fredric March as Christopher Columbus
- Florence Eldridge as Queen Isabella
- Francis L. Sullivan as Francisco de Bobadilla
- Kathleen Ryan as Beatriz
- Derek Bond as Diego de Arana
- Nora Swinburne as Joanna de Torres
- Abraham Sofaer as Luis de Santangel
- Linden Travers as Beatriz de Peraza
- James Robertson Justice as Martin Pinzon
- Dennis Vance as Francisco Pinzon
- Richard Aherne as Vicente Pinzon
- Felix Aylmer as Father Perez
- Francis Lister as King Ferdinand
- Edward Rigby as Pedro
- Niall MacGinnis as Juhan de la Costa
- Ralph Truman ... Captain
- Ronald Adam ... Talavera
- Guy Le Feuvre ... Admiral
- Lyn Evans ... Lope
- David Cole ... Columbus' Son
- Hugh Pryse ... Almoner
- Stuart Lindsell ... Prior
External links
The films of David MacDonald 1930s The Last Curtain (1937) • It's Never Too Late to Mend (1937) • Death Croons the Blues (1937) • Riding High (1937) • Make It Three (1938) • A Spot of Bother (1938) • Meet Mr. Penny (1938) • This Man Is News (1938) • Dead Men Tell No Tales (1939)1940s The Midas Touch (1940) • This Man in Paris (1940) • Spies of the Air (1940) • Law and Disorder (1940) • This England (1941) • The Brothers (1947) • Snowbound (1948) • Good-Time Girl (1948) • The Bad Lord Byron (1949) • Christopher Columbus (1949) • Diamond City (1949)1950s Cairo Road (1950) • The Adventurers (1951) • The Lost Hours (1952) • Tread Softly (1952) • Devil Girl from Mars (1954) • One Just Man (1954) • The Yellow Robe (1954) • Three Cornered Fate (1955) • Final Column (1955) • Triple Blackmail (1955) • Man in Demand (1955) • Alias John Preston (1955) • Small Hotel (1957) • The Moonraker (1958) • A Lady Mislaid (1958)1960s Petticoat Pirates (1961) • The Golden Rabbit (1962)Categories:- 1949 films
- Biographical films
- 1940s drama films
- Films shot in Technicolor
- British films
- Films directed by David MacDonald
- Depictions of Christopher Columbus
- 1940s drama film stubs
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