July 25th
The Black Knight*
GB 1954. Columbia/Warwick. 85m.
In the days of King Arthur a blacksmith avenges his honour and foils a plot to overthrow the King.
Fairly elementary but sustained swashbuckler containing strong elements of Errol Flynn and the later Hammer raunchiness (in one scene Stonehenge is amusingly destroyed because of a Pagan orgy), with one American star - and a very busy stunt double - amidst an otherwise all-British cast, with some interesting credentials.
Written by: Alec Coppel, Dennis O'Keefe, Bryan Forbes.
Producers: Irving Allen, Albert R. Broccoli.
Director: Tay Garnett.
Starring: Alan Ladd, Patricia Medina, Peter Cushing, Patrick Troughton, Andre Morell, Harry Andrews, Anthony Bushell (as King Arthur), Laurence Naismith, Bill Brandon, Ronald Adam.
Photography: John Wilcox.
Music: John Addison.
Art Direction: Alex Vetchinsky.
+ some film connections: though noted for his screen partnership with Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing also frequently worked (in notable films such as Hammer's The Hound of the Baskervilles and the TV version of 1984) with Andre Morell, whom here plays an Obi-Wan Kenobi-ish knight training Alan Ladd to become the Black Knight - and it was Alan Ladd's son, Alan Ladd Jnr., who gave the green light for Star Wars, in which Peter Cushing once again played the villain.
The Black Knight*
GB 1954. Columbia/Warwick. 85m.
In the days of King Arthur a blacksmith avenges his honour and foils a plot to overthrow the King.
Fairly elementary but sustained swashbuckler containing strong elements of Errol Flynn and the later Hammer raunchiness (in one scene Stonehenge is amusingly destroyed because of a Pagan orgy), with one American star - and a very busy stunt double - amidst an otherwise all-British cast, with some interesting credentials.
Written by: Alec Coppel, Dennis O'Keefe, Bryan Forbes.
Producers: Irving Allen, Albert R. Broccoli.
Director: Tay Garnett.
Starring: Alan Ladd, Patricia Medina, Peter Cushing, Patrick Troughton, Andre Morell, Harry Andrews, Anthony Bushell (as King Arthur), Laurence Naismith, Bill Brandon, Ronald Adam.
Photography: John Wilcox.
Music: John Addison.
Art Direction: Alex Vetchinsky.
+ some film connections: though noted for his screen partnership with Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing also frequently worked (in notable films such as Hammer's The Hound of the Baskervilles and the TV version of 1984) with Andre Morell, whom here plays an Obi-Wan Kenobi-ish knight training Alan Ladd to become the Black Knight - and it was Alan Ladd's son, Alan Ladd Jnr., who gave the green light for Star Wars, in which Peter Cushing once again played the villain.
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