Not surprisingly, this 1961 epic about the Spanish national hero, the Castilian warrior Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, is often static as drama (with Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren used mainly as icons) and pretty dubious as history. But thanks to Anthony Mann’s splendid eye for landscape, composition, and spectaclein particular his striking use of the edges of the ‘Scope frame, a facet (among others) that is totally lost on TV and videothis is a rousing and often stirring show. Scripted by Frederic M. Frank and Philip Yordan and scored by Miklos Rozsa; Raf Vallone, Genevieve Page, and Herbert Lom costar. (JR)