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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
Genre:
Adventure | Romance 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
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User Comments:
Bad accents, but great flick more (17 total)

Cast

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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

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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)
Filming Locations:
Castle, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
Company:
Universal International Pictures (UI) more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This was Universal-International's first feature in CinemaScope. more
Goofs:
Continuity: During the final battle, Myles gets a number of scuff marks on his shield from deflecting his enemy's mace blows. These damage marks appear and disappear between shots. 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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Bad accents, but great flick, 16 April 2004
Author: MartynGryphon from Coventry, England

To my mind, this is the best knights of olde movie ever made. Years ago it was the habit of British tv station BBC2 to have a movie on at 6pm most evenings and they were usually, either 40 & 50's westerns, historical yarns, melodramas or swashbucklers. One such film was The Black Shield of Falworth, I was a big fan of such films like The Vikings (Incidentally or co-incidentally both starred Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh) and decided to record this movie, if it was any good I'd keep it, but if not just tape over the damn thing. The movie was that good I still have it after 15/16 years. The plot is similar to Henty's Novel 'St George for England' in as much as it tells the story of a peasant boy ignorant of his noble blood for most of his upbringing. though that's where the similarities end. The American accents in a film set in medieval England are ludricrous, but the plot of the film is so engaging that you don't mind as much. Torin Thatcher gives us another scene stealing performance as the firm but fair Sir James and if it's possible, betters his performance as Humble Bellows in The Crimson Pirate. This film has everything, action, romance, subtle comedy, and an excellent music score. This is not one to miss and I can't wait to get this movie on DVD so i can give my old VHS copy a well deserved retirement.

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