Anthony Mann	...	(Director)
Philip Yordan, Fredric M. Frank	...	(Writer)
Charlton Heston	...	El Cid (Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar)
Sophia Loren	...	Jimena
Raf Vallone	...	Count Ordóñez
Andrew Cruickshank	...	Count Gormaz
Geneviève Page	...	Princess Urraca (as Genevieve Page)
Barbara Everest	...	Mother Superior
John Fraser	...	Prince Alfonso
Carlo Giustini	...	Bermúdez
Gary Raymond	...	Prince Sancho
Robert Krasker	...	Cinematographer
Manuel Berenguer	...	Cinematographer
Hurd Hatfield	...	Arias
Massimo Serato	...	Fanez
Frank Thring	...	Al Kadir
Michael Hordern	...	Don Diego
Douglas Wilmer	...	Moutamin
Tullio Carminati	...	Priest
Ralph Truman	...	King Ferdinand
Christopher Rhodes	...	Don Martín
Miklós Rózsa	...	Composer
Gérard Tichy	...	King Ramírez (as Gerard Tichy)
Fausto Tozzi	...	Dolfos
Katina Noble	...	Nun
Nerio Bernardi	...	Soldier
Franco Fantasia	...	Soldier
Herbert Lom	...	Ben Yussuf
Paul Naschy	...	(uncredited)
Antonio Mayans	...	(uncredited)
Paul Muller	...	Arabian Assistant Doctor (uncredited)
Rosalba Neri	...	Harem Girl (uncredited)
Robert Rietty	...	Fanez (voice) (uncredited)
Virgilio Teixeira	...	(uncredited)
Robert Lawrence	...	Editor
Veniero Colasanti	...	Production Designer
John Moore	...	Production Designer
Leon Chooluck	...	Production Manager
Guy Luongo	...	Production Manager
Tadeo Villalba	...	unit manager
Yakima Canutt	...	second unit director
José López Rodero	...	Assistant Director
José María Ochoa	...	Assistant Director
Luciano Sacripanti	...	first assistant director
Stanley Detlie	...	property master
Maciek Piotrowski	...	paintings and drawings
José María Alarcón	...	assistant set decorator (uncredited)
Julián Martín	...	painter (uncredited)
Vicente Sempere Sempere	...	assistant set decorator (uncredited)
Verna Fields	...	Sound Editor
Gordon K. McCallum	...	sound re-recordist
Jack Solomon	...	Sound Recordist
Jack Erickson	...	Special Effects
Alex Weldon	...	Special Effects
Buff Brady	...	Stunts
Jerry Brown	...	Stunts
Joe Canutt	...	Stunts
Tap Canutt	...	Stunts
Enzo Musumeci Greco	...	Stunts
Jack Williams	...	Stunts
Carl Gibson	...	head grip
John Harriss	...	Camera Operator
Norton Kurland	...	supervising electrician
John Harris	...	Camera Operator
Ralf Vallone	...	Count Ordóñez
John Fraser (III)	...	Prince Alfonso
Gary Raymond (II)	...	Prince Sancho
Andrew Cruickshank Cruickshank	...	Count Gormaz
Jaime Prades	...	associate producer
Michał Waszyński	...	associate producer
Tullio Carminati Carminati	...	Priest
Edna Bullock	...	Sound Editor
Grazia De Rossi	...	hair stylist
Mario van Riel	...	Makeup Artist
Fredric M. Frank	...	Story
Miguel Pedregosa	...	stunts (uncredited)

Comments: DEN 257

Summary: Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz ("El Cid" to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour, still succeeds in taking the initiative and driving the Moors from Spain.