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The Flame and the Arrow (1950)
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9 July 1950 (USA) morePlot:
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 synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. moreUser Comments:
Enjoyable swashbuckling moreCast
(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 |
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88 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound 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:BtlFilming Locations:
Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USAFun Stuff
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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. moreQuotes:
Dardo Bartoli: I learned a long time ago, my lady, never trust a mountain cat when she stops snarling and never trust a woman when your back is turned. moreFAQ
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One of the more enjoyable swinging-from-the-chandelier-with-a- -sword adventures made a la Erroll Flynn. A lively pace, loads of action, a witty-if-fluffy script, an enchanting score, good performances, and above all an incredible number of acrobatic stunts make this utterly enjoyable. Lancaster had been a circus acrobat before he got into films, and managed to work every stunt he could do into the script. He even balances and poses on the top of a 20-foot pole, for real. I'm still amazed that a guy that big could be so good.
(This film also had an ongoing effect on Hollywood: At the time Lancaster's career was fading, he was typecast as a big dumb lug in the kind of Film Noir that was rapidly going out of fashion. He realized that he had to do something, and rather than rely on the studios he bought this script and produced it himself. And gave himself a whole new career, an example not lost on other actors. This was one of the films that marked the beginning of the end of the paternalistic studio system, one that showed actors that they could control their own careers. For good or ill.)