King Richard and the Crusaders (1954)
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30% of users liked it
(76 ratings)
Roundly panned when it was first released, this CinemaScope film version of Sir Walter Scott's The Talisman can now be enjoyed on a "high camp" level. George Sanders plays King Richard the Lionhearted, while his arch-foe Saladin is over-acted by Rex Harrison. One of Richard's… More Roundly panned when it was first released, this CinemaScope film version of Sir Walter Scott's The Talisman can now be enjoyed on a "high camp" level. George Sanders plays King Richard the Lionhearted, while his arch-foe Saladin is over-acted by Rex Harrison. One of Richard's objectives during the Crusades is to reclaim the Holy Grail from Saladin's Mohammedan hordes. On the home front, Richard must contend with a group of conspirators dedicated to toppling him from his throne. In the middle of all this is the fictional Lady Edith,a British noblewoman played by Virginia Mayo in a manner that can best be described as overbaked. It is Ms. Mayo who delivers the film's classic line "Oh, fight, fight, fight! That's all you ever think of, Dickie Plantagenet!" In his American film debut, Laurence Harvey is as hammy as the rest of the cast as Sir Kenneth, Richard's right-hand man. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- David Butler (I)
- Genres
- Classics, Action & Adventure
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Aug 7, 1954 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Enjoyable as a fluff pic on the Third Crusade.
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Cast
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Rex Harrison
as Saladin
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Virginia Mayo
as Lady Edith
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George Sanders
as Richard III
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Laurence Harvey
as Sir Kenneth
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Robert Douglas
as Sir Giles Amaury
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Michael Pate
as Montferrat
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Paula Raymond
as Queen Berengaria
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Lester Matthews
as Archbishop of Tyre
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Anthony Eustrel
as Baron De Vaux
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Henry Corden
as Philip of France
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Wilton Graff
as Duke Leopold of Austria
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Nejla Ates
as Moorish Dancing Girl
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Nick Cravat
as Nectobanus
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Leslie E. Bradley
as Castelain Captain
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Mark Dana
as 2nd Castelain
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Peter Ortiz
as Castelains
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John Alderson
as Mob Leader
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Rudolph Anders
as German Knight
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Larry Chance
as Castelain Spokesman
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John Epper
as Wounded Castelain
- Lumsden Hare
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Robin Hughes
as King's Guard
- Bruce Lister
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Paul Marion
as Arab Falconer
- Leonard Mudie
- Leonard Penn
- Otto Reichow
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Mark Hanna
as Courier
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Abdullah Abbas
as Arab
