The Pride and the Passion | reviewed by: William O'Donnell | July 5, 2026
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A decent adventure with charismatic leads & some lovely settings. Sinatra as a Spanish rebel leader in the era of Napoleon is novelty enough
| genre | War | Romance | History |
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| synopsis | During the Napoleonic Wars, when the French have occupied Spain, some Spanish guerrilla soldiers are going to move a big cannon across Spain in order to help the British defeat the French. A British officer is there to accompany the Spanish and along the way, he falls in love with the leader's girl. |
| lead actors | Luis Guedes | Carlos Díaz de Mendoza | Nana DeHerrera | Juan Olaguibel | Carlos Casaravilla | Félix de Pomés | Julián Ugarte | Paco El Laberinto | Philip Van Zandt | Carlos Larrañaga | José Nieto | Jay Novello | John Wengraf | Theodore Bikel | Sophia Loren | Frank Sinatra | Cary Grant | Barta Barri | Xan das Bolas |
| director | Stanley Kramer |