Artiguez, however, is determined to visit his mother. Francisco sees himself more as Artiguez's fellow human being than as his enemy, he agrees. Francisco (Omar Sharif), to inform her son of the danger, and since Fr.
Pilar,Īware that her son has been set up, pleads with a priest, Fr. Vinolas (Anthony Quinn), the vicious Spanish police chief who has been after Artiguez for years. What he doesn't realize is that this is a trap set by Capt. Twenty years later, Artiguez is told that his mother, Pilar (Mildred Dunnock), is dying in Spain. Reportedly based on the real-life exploits of Francisco Sabater, BEHOLD A PALE HORSE tells the story of a Spanish guerrilla named Manuel Artiguez (an oddly cast Gregory Peck), who lives in exile in France and still leads raids on Spain from Pau, continuing a nearly one-man effort after
