King Richard and the Crusaders

Name: King Richard and the Crusaders
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Released: 1954-08-07
Duration: 114 min
Rating: 6.4

★ 6,4 /10 (14 Votes)

1954 EN 114 min

Overview

Based on Sir Walter Scott's The Talisman, this is the story of the romantic adventures of Christians and Muslims during the battle for the Holy Land in the time of King Richard the Lionheart.

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07/08/1954

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1.8

Theirs was the mightiest challenge of them all!

Genres

Adventure Drama History War

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

114 min

Rex Harrison

Emir Hderim Sultan Saladin

Virginia Mayo

Lady Edith Plantagenet

George Sanders

King Richard I

Laurence Harvey

Sir Kenneth of the Leopard

Robert Douglas

Sir Giles Amaury

Michael Pate

Conrad, Marquis of Montferrat

Paula Raymond

Queen Berengaria

Lester Matthews

Archbishop of Tyre / Narrator

Anthony Eustrel

Baron De Vaux

Henry Corden

King Philip of France

Wilton Graff

Duke Leopold of Austria

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Nejla Ates

Moorish Dancing Girl

Nick Cravat

Nectobanus

Leslie Bradley

Castelaine Captain

Bruce Lester

Castelaine

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Peter Ortiz

Castelaine

Otto Reichow

Austrian Knight (uncredited)

Frank Mills

Crusader (uncredited)

Harry Cording

Castelaine Spokesman (uncredited)

Larry Chance

Castelaine Bowman (uncredited)

John Holland

Castelaine Man-at-Arms (uncredited)

James O'Hara

Castelaine Knight (uncredited)

Thayer Roberts

Officer of the Guard (uncredited)

Gavin Muir

Physician (uncredited)

Leonard Mudie

Physician (uncredited)

Lumsden Hare

Physician (uncredited)

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John Epper

Wounded Castelaine (uncredited)

Frank Hagney

Mobster (uncredited)

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Richard Peel

English Soldier (uncredited)

Rudolph Anders

Austrian Knight (uncredited)

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Herbert Deans

Captain of Guard (uncredited)

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By Saint George – Or Andrew… King Richard and the Crusaders is directed by David Butler and adapted to screenplay by John Twist from the novel “The Talisman” written by Sir Walter Scott. It stars Rex Harrison, Viginia Mayo, George Sanders, Laurence Harvey, Robert Douglas, Michael Pate and Paula Raymond. A WarnerColor/CinemaScope production, music is by Max Steiner and cinematography by J. Peverell Marley. Unfairly maligned as one of the 50 worst movies of all time, David Butler’s picture has enough spectacle about it to ensure it can be enjoyed by fans of such fluffy fare. The script is…

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Laurence Harvey portrays a fictional Scottish knight on crusade with Richard the Lionheart in this brightly coloured but laboured adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's "The Talisman". The history is all over the place and the casting - particularly Rex Harrison as Saladin, but George Sanders as King Richard is pretty lame too. Robert Douglas reprises his oft-seen role as the baddie to some effect, and Virginia Mayo adds a touch of glamour but the dialogue is very dry, the acting overly theatrical and though well enough put together, this comes across as a lot-made film made to fulfil outstanding co…

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