The Black Shield of Falworth
The Black Shield of Falworth ★½ 1954
Typically silly ‘50s Technicolor swashbuckler with Curtis (and his New York accent) as Myles, the son of a disgraced knight, who's out to thwart a conspiracy against King Henry IV (Keith) and win the hand of fair maiden, Lady Anne (Leigh, Curtis' wife at the time). Loosely based on the Howard Pyle novel, “Men of Iron.” 98m/C VHS . Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Ian Keith, David Farrar, Barbara Rush, Herbert Marshall, Dan O'Herlihy, Rhys Williams, Torin Thatcher, Patrick O'Neal, Craig Hill; D: Rudolph Mate; W: Oscar Brodney; C: Irving Glassberg; M: Joseph Gershenson.
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