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…and important cause---I'm helping to depict history.' Dark-eyed Miss Miranda plays a Spanish princess in 'The Castilian' and has to strip off her clothes to lure a band of Moorish cavalrymen into an ambush by Spanish soldiers." #soledadmiranda #thecastilian

… For today's girlwatching special, let the Warner Bros. press release speak for itself: "Pretty Spanish actress Soledad Miranda, 18 years old and new to motion picture making, overcame her maidenly shyness about disrobing for the camera by telling herself: 'I am doing this for a serious…

…Don't get too excited... she disrobed, but nothing was shown as the shot cut away in the film. Featured newspapers: Minneapolis Star Tribune (February 1963), Austin American-Statesman (June 1963), Miami Herald (October 1963). Here's the text from the Star Tribune: …

Vampyros is more iconic I think, and more appealing to the casual viewer unfamiliar with Franco… however this one features her best acting