The Black Arrow (1948)Yong nobleman Richard Shelton returns from the War of the Roses to find his father murdered, a fugitive family friend blamed, and his uncle occupying his estates. Director:Gordon Douglas |
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The Black Arrow (1948)Yong nobleman Richard Shelton returns from the War of the Roses to find his father murdered, a fugitive family friend blamed, and his uncle occupying his estates. Director:Gordon Douglas |
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| Janet Blair | ... | ||
| George Macready | ... | ||
| Edgar Buchanan | ... | ||
| Rhys Williams | ... | ||
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Walter Kingsford | ... | |
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Lowell Gilmore | ... |
Duke of Gloucester
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Halliwell Hobbes | ... |
Bishop of Tisbury
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Paul Cavanagh | ... |
Sir John Sedley
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| Ray Teal | ... | ||
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Russell Hicks | ... |
Sir Harry Shelton
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Leslie Denison | ... | |
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Betty Fairfax | ... |
Dame Carter
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| Billy Bevan | ... |
Dungeon Keeper
(as William Bevan)
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Sir Richard Shelton, a young British nobleman, returns from the War of the Roses to find his father dead and his accused murderer, Sir John Sedley, living in the forest with a fugitive band of die-hard rebels like Robin Hood. Shelton's uncle, his father's sinister and cruel half-brother, Sir Daniel Brackley, is living on his father's estates and has reinstated cruel corporal punishment among the peasants, something his father had abolished. Shelton's suspicions are aroused when a yeoman loyal to Brackley is murdered using a black arrow. Other Brackley henchman, including Shelton's former mentor and Master-at-Arms, who had access to the supposed murder of his father by Sedley are also on the Black Arrow's death list. Shelton's growing antipathy toward Brackley is complicated by his uncle's desire to marry Sedley's beautiful daughter, an ambition shared by Shelton. Written by duke1029@aol.com
Based,like this other Gordon Douglas "roguess of Sherwood" on a vague screenplay inspired by Robin Hood,"black arrow" shows more originality ,in spite of two lackluster principals: Louis Hayward is a million miles from Eroll Flynn,being rather clumsy -I remember he was pretty mediocre as Lombard in Clair's "and then there were none" ;Janet Blair is a little better as another Lady Marian avatar,but she is not Olivia De Havilland either.George McReady easily stills the show,being nasty ,treacherous,unctuous ,the perfect baddie .
The story takes place after the Wars of the Roses but history is quickly forgotten and we have another story à la Robin Hood.That said,the movie is entertaining,it's action-packed and there's never a dull moment .