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Director:
Rudolph Maté
Writers:
Oscar Brodney (screenplay)
Howard Pyle (novel)
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Release Date:
2 September 1954 (USA) more
Plot:
Technicolor & tights. In the days of King Henry IV, stalwart young Myles and his sister Meg have been raised as peasants... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Ever since childhood have I loved this!! more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Tony Curtis ... Myles Falworth

Janet Leigh ... Lady Anne of Mackworth
David Farrar ... Gilbert Blunt, Earl of Alban
Barbara Rush ... Meg Falworth
Herbert Marshall ... William, Earl of Mackworth
Torin Thatcher ... Sir James
Dan O'Herlihy ... Prince Hal of Wales (as Daniel O'Herlihy)
Patrick O'Neal ... Walter Blunt
Craig Hill ... Francis Gascoyne
Ian Keith ... King Henry IV
Doris Lloyd ... Dame Ellen, Lady-in-Waiting

Rhys Williams ... Diccon Bowman
Leonard Mudie ... Friar Edward
Maurice Marsac ... Count de Vermois
Leo Britt ... Sir Robert
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Additional Details

Runtime:
99 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (magnetic prints) (Western Electric Recording) | Mono (Perspecta Sound encoding) (optical prints)
Certification:
West Germany:6 (f) | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15 | UK:U | USA:Approved (PCA #16907, General Audience)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This was Universal-International's first feature in CinemaScope. more
Quotes:
Myles Falworth: [Sir James instructs Myles to ride a horse among a series of pells - upright supports - with his hands over his head. When he fails, he complains to Sir James that he cannot control the horse] How is the horse supposed to know, unless he has more sense than I?
Sir James: A possibility not so remote as you might imagine.
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Referenced in Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga (2008) (TV) more

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9 out of 11 people found the following comment useful:-
Ever since childhood have I loved this!!, 3 September 2004
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Author: beresfordjd from West Bromwich, England

I have always been a huge Tony Curtis fan and loved this movie when I was a kid. It has been marvelous to see his development from fluff like this (great fluff though) to The Sweet Smell of Success. He is one the the most versatile and underrated stars of the last 50 years.

This movie is fun anachronistic and historically inept but I love it almost as much now as I did as a child of 7/8 when I first saw it and reveled in the swash (and indeed buckle) of the medieval romp. Tony has never looked better and Janet Leigh is a dream. I remember playing Knights in armour all the way home with my pals after seeing this at the local fleapit. Power to you Tony!!!

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