Francoist Guardia Civil captain Omar Sharif as Francisco, a priest Raymond Pellegrin as Carlos, a friend of Artiguez, also his traitor Paolo Stoppa as Pedro Mildred Dunnock as Pilar Artiquez, the dying mother of Artiguez Christian Marquand as Zaganar Carlo Angeletti ("Marietto") as Paco Daniela Rocca as Rosanna Rosalie Crutchley as Teresa Viñolas Michael Lonsdale as Reporter Production Behold a Pale Horse was co-produced by Columbia Pictures, along with Zinnemann (Highland Productions) and Peck (Brentwood Productions). The production resorted to filming exterior shots across the border in France: Biarritz on la Côte Basque, and locations in Béarn such as Pau, Oloron, Gotein-Libarrenx, La Brèche de Roland, and the basilica at Lourdes, as well as Studio St. Maurice in Vincennes. Originally, Anthony Quinn had requested the role of Artiguez, but Zinnemann felt it would be type-casting him, and gave him the opposing role of the villain Viñolas. As well, several Spanish refugees were used to play the parts of Franco's Guardia Civil officers. The American leftist political activist Allard K. Lowenstein played a part in making contact between the filmmakers and anti-Francoist Spanish exiles in France. Zinnemann felt it would be good for Peck to be able to meet actual political refugees living in France. Filming began on June 13, 1963, and continued for a little over 100 days, running nearly a month over schedule. After Columbia previewed the film for US audiences, they decided that an intro was needed to provide background relating to the Spanish Civil War, so clips from the documentary about the war To Die in Madrid were interspersed with dialogue explaining the conflict. Music and score The score for Behold a Pale Horse was composed and conducted by Maurice Jarre. The instrumentation consists mainly of Spanish-style guitar, woodwind instruments, harpsichord, and the harp. The score was originally released by Colpix Records as an LP (Colpix Records SCP 519) in the United States, and a two track EP in France. In April 2007 Film Score Monthly re-released the score on a CD (including the two unique tracks from the EP) accompanied by the score to Damn the Defiant (catalog number FSM1004). The main theme from the score also featured on the CD Maurice Jarre at Abbey Road released in 1992 by Milan Records, with Jarre conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Reception and release history Despite promotional tours by Peck (in the US) and Zinnemann (London and Paris),