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The Black Knight (1954)
Country
of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1954
Running Times: 85 mins
Format: Technicolor 35mm
Ratio:
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Warwick Pictures
Producers: Irving Allen, Albert
R. Broccoli
SCRIPT
Script: Alec Coppel
Additional Dialogue: Bryan Forbes, Dennis O'Keefe
DIRECTION
Director: Tay Garnett
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: John Wilcox
Lab: Technicolor
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Gordon Pilkington
MUSIC
Music: John Addison
OTHER CREW
Choreographer: David Paltenghi
LOCATIONS
Locations: Madrid, Spain; Ávila, Castilla y León, Spain
STUNTS
Stunts: Paul Baxley
Stunt Double For Alan Ladd: Bob Simmons (uncredited)
CAST
Alan Ladd (John)
Patricia Medina (Linet)
Peter
Cushing (Sir Palamides)
Harry Andrews (Earl Of Yeonil)
André Morell (Sir Ontzlake)
Laurence Naismith (Major Domo)
Patrick Troughton (King Mark)
Anthony Bushell (King Arthur)
Ronald Adam (Abbot)
John Laurie (James)
Basil Appleby (Sir
Hal)
Olwen Brookes (Lady Ontzlake)
Jean Lodge (Queen Guinevere)
Bill Brandon (Bernard)
Pauline Jameson (Countess Yeonil)
Tommy Moore (apprentice)
John Kelly (woodcutter)
Elton Hayes (troubadour)
PLOT SUMMARY
In order to win the hand of the beautiful Linet,
daughter of Earl of Yeonil, John the blacksmith passes himself off
as the Black Knight and ends up fighting for King Arthur. He battles
a plot by Saracens and the Cornish to sieze power by faking Viking
raids against the country.
AVAILABILITY
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia Pictures
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Finland
Rating: K-16
TIMELINE
1954
October
28: USA - theatrical release
1955
March
18: Denmark, Finland - theatrical release
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
El caballero negro - Spanish title
Il cavaliere del mistero - Italian title
Kuningas Arthurin ritarit - Finnish title
Unter schwarzem Visier - German title
LINKS
REMAKE
Siege of the Saxons (1963) KEYWORDS
arthurian; knights; middle ages; vikings
Last Updated:
20 October, 2008
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