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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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GO, TONY, GO. 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
Charles B. Fitzsimons ... Squire Giles (as Charles Fitz Simons)
Gary Montgomery ... Squire Peter
Claud Allister ... Sir George
Hamilton Camp ... Roger Ingoldsby (as Robin Camp)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Harry Cording ... Captain of King's Guards (uncredited)

Nicolas Coster ... Humphrey, Young Squire (uncredited)
Charles Evans ... Lord Archbishop (uncredited)
Richard B. Fitzgerald ... Sentry (uncredited)
Lance Fuller ... Guard (uncredited)
Brett Halsey ... Young Squire / Apprentice Knight (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton ... Court Observer (uncredited)
Ramsay Hill ... Sir Charles (uncredited)
Robert F. Hoy ... First Guard (uncredited)

Nelson Leigh ... Archbishop at Myles' Knighting (uncredited)
James Logan ... Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Damian O'Flynn ... Sir Alexander (uncredited)
Reginald Sheffield ... Lord Constable (uncredited)
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Directed by
Rudolph Maté 
 
Writing credits
Oscar Brodney (screenplay)

Howard Pyle (novel "Men of Iron")

Produced by
Robert Arthur .... producer
Melville Tucker .... producer
 
Original Music by
Hans J. Salter (uncredited)
Frank Skinner (uncredited)
Herman Stein (uncredited)
 
Cinematography by
Irving Glassberg (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
Ted J. Kent 
 
Art Direction by
Alexander Golitzen 
Richard H. Riedel 
 
Set Decoration by
Oliver Emert 
Russell A. Gausman 
 
Costume Design by
Rosemary Odell 
 
Makeup Department
Joan St. Oegger .... hair stylist
Bud Westmore .... makeup artist
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
James Curtis Havens .... second unit director (as James C. Havens)
Tom Shaw .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Leslie I. Carey .... sound
Joe Lapis .... sound
 
Stunts
Robert F. Hoy .... stunts (uncredited)
David Sharpe .... stunt double: Tony Curtis (uncredited)
 
Editorial Department
Monroe W. Burbank .... color consultant: Technicolor
 
Music Department
Joseph Gershenson .... music supervisor
 
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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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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga (2008) (TV) more

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7 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
GO, TONY, GO., 19 August 1999
Author: ALAN MOUNT from CARDIFF, WALES

This romp plays like a medieval martial arts movie.It is very similar to the early Jackie Chan films with its story of a young man who goes to a fighting school to hone his brawling skills into those of a true warrior. Tony Curtis,like Chan,is energy personified in this movie.He doesn't walk when he can run, he doesn't run when he can jump and most of all he doesn't talk when he can fight. This bears comparison with "THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD" and "THE PRISONER OF ZENDA" and that over-used word 'camp' is only used by people who do not like or appreciate action fests like this and seek to denigrate them. Ignore those types and enjoy this zesty and bright adventure as an aperitif before watching Curtis in the truly great historical adventures like "THE VIKINGS" and "SPARTACUS."

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