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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
Waldo Salt (written by)
Release Date:
9 July 1950 (USA) more
Plot:
Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as their headquarters as they conduct an insurgency against their Hessian conquerors. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. more
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Actress Virginia Mayo Dies at 84
(From WENN. 18 January 2005)
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Burt Lancaster | ... | Dardo Bartoli | |
| Virginia Mayo | ... | Anne de Hesse | |
| Robert Douglas | ... | Marchese Alessandro de Granazia | |
| Aline MacMahon | ... | Nonna Bartoli | |
| Frank Allenby | ... | Count Ulrich aka The Hawk | |
| Nick Cravat | ... | Piccolo | |
| Lynn Baggett | ... | Francesca (as Lynne Baggett) | |
| Gordon Gebert | ... | Rudi Bartoli, Dardo's Son | |
| Norman Lloyd | ... | Apollo, the Troubador | |
| Francis Pierlot | ... | Papa Pietro | |
| Robin Hughes | ... | Skinner | |
| Victor Kilian | ... | Apothecary Mazzoni |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
The Hawk and the Arrow (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
88 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Norway:A (1950) | UK:U | Finland:K-12 (1972) | Finland:K-16 (1951) | West Germany:12 (nf) | France:U | Sweden:Btl
Filming Locations:
Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA
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Cameo: [Philip Van Zandt]Ulrich’s henchman. more
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Revealing mistakes: Just as the boy Rudy is captured by the soldiers (and when he should be frightened), you see him grinning quite broadly at someone off-camera. more
Quotes:
Dardo Bartoli: Now, Marchese, we're in the dark where a sword is just a long knife. more
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Story is about 12th Century Lombardy under the iron heel of German Overlord Count Ulrich "the Hawk', but guerrillas resist. The plot begins five years before this time when Ulrich steals away the pretty wife of Archer Dardo who has no interest in joining the rebels. But this changes when his son is take from him. Burt Lancaster plays Dardo and Virginia Mayo plays his wife Anne. What steals away from the movie are the real actual acrobatics of warfare in those days. Fantastic circus performers show their skills. Lancaster, himself, was a circus performer, and certainly shows his muscular skills in this! Great fun!