The Black Arrow (1948)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Gordon Douglas

Writers:

Richard Schayer (writer)
Tom Seller (writer)

Release Date:

30 June 1948 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure

Plot:

A young British nobleman comes back from fighting in the War of the Roses to discover that his father...

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Whipping Post | England | Whipping | Shirtless Male Bondage

Cast

Louis Hayward	...	Sir Richard Shelton
Janet Blair	...	Joanna Sedley
George Macready	...	Sir Daniel Brackley
Edgar Buchanan	...	Lawless
Rhys Williams	...	Bennet Hatch
Walter Kingsford	...	Sir Oliver Oates
Lowell Gilmore	...	Duke of Gloucester
Halliwell Hobbes	...	Bishop of Tisbury
Paul Cavanagh	...	Sir John Sedley
Ray Teal	...	Nick Appleyard

Also Known As:

The Black Arrow Strikes (UK)

Runtime:

76 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Finland:K-10 | Iceland:12

Company:

Edward Small Productions

Quotes:

Joanna Sedley: England will never be great until she's had a queen or two.

Movie Connections:

Version of Black Arrow (1985) (TV)

Slow and somewhat ponderous adventure flick.

Lois Hayward is capable of much better than this. It was slow and awkward...some of the cast was good but over all I did not feel the casting was a great asset...certainly the script and direction were not...the cast deserved better to work with. Still if you are an afficianado of sword and swash be prepared to sit around for awhile and wonder why you bothered to wade thru this...definitely "not" a keeper...but watch it only if you love Louis Hayward movies.