Knights of the Round Table (1954)
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80% of critics liked it
(5 reviews) -
49% of users liked it
(2,856 ratings)
MGM's first CinemaScope production was the lavishly appointed Knights of the Round Table. Without overlapping into any copyrighted material (specifically T.H. White's The Once and Future King), the film spins a lucid account of the King Arthur legend. The good king is played by Mel Ferrer,… More MGM's first CinemaScope production was the lavishly appointed Knights of the Round Table. Without overlapping into any copyrighted material (specifically T.H. White's The Once and Future King), the film spins a lucid account of the King Arthur legend. The good king is played by Mel Ferrer, while Queen Guenevere is essayed by Ava Gardner. Arthur's efforts to create a perfect society in Camelot are compromised when Guenevere falls in love with trusted knight Sir Lancelot (Robert Taylor). The ambitious Mordred (Stanley Baker) uses his knowledge of the Queen's indiscretion to destroy both Camelot and King Arthur's round table. Most of the story material in Knights of the Round Table is lifted from Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Richard Thorpe
- Written By
- Thomas Malory, Talbot Jennings
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 15, 1954 Limited
- Studio
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
MGM's first CinemaScope picture has not aged well (too verbose and the acting is stiff), but production values are good and Robert Taylor and Ava Gardner are handsome.
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Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com
Lavish MGM King Arthur tale featuring Robert Taylor and jousting galore.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
An uninspiring reworking of the story of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.
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Steven D. Greydanus, Decent Films Guide
Conventional but fairly solid adaptation of the King Arthur legend… benefits from its colorful pageantry and strongly Christian milieu, including a royal Catholic wedding and a transcendent moment of revelation involving the Holy Grail.
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Cast
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Ava Gardner
as Guinevere
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Robert Taylor
as Sir Lancelot of the Lake
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Mel Ferrer
as King Arthur
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Anne Crawford
as Morgan Le Fay
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Stanley Baker
as Sir Modred
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Gabriel Woolf
as Percival
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Felix Aylmer
as Merlin
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Maureen Swanson
as Elaine
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Anthony Forwood
as Gareth
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Robert Urquhart
as Sir Gawaine
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Niall MacGinnis
as Green Knight
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Ann Hanslip
as Nan
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Jill Clifford
as Bronwyn
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Stephen Vercoe
as Agravaine
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John Brooking
as Bedivere
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Peter Gawthorne
as Bishop
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Alan Tilvern
as Steward
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John Sherman
as Lambert
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Mary Germaine
as Brigid
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Martin Wyldeck
as John
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Barry MacKay
as Green Knight's First Squire
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Derek Tansley
as Green Knight's Squire
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Roy Russell
as Leogrance
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Howard Marion-Crawford
as Simon
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Dana Wynter
as Vivien
