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King Richard and the Crusaders (1954)

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While leading the Third Crusade, King Richard Lionheart battles treachery in his own camp as well as the Saracenesand their charismatic leader Saladin.

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Sir Kenneth of Huntington
Robert Douglas ...
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Conrad, Marquis of Montferrat
Paula Raymond ...
Lester Matthews ...
Archbishop of Tyre / Narrator
Anthony Eustrel ...
Baron De Vaux
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Nejla Ates ...
Moorish Dancing Girl
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Leslie Bradley ...
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Bruce Lester ...
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In 1191, King Richard the Lionhearted, along with several other European monarchs, is in the Holy Land intent on retaking Jerusalem from the Saracens. There is much infighting and outright treachery in the European encampment encampment however. Two nobles in particular, Sir Giles Amaury and Conrad of Montferrat, want to eliminate the English king and attempt to have him assassinated. Severely wounded and on his death bed, Richard is brought back to health by a Saracen doctor recruited by one of his loyal knights, Sir Kenneth of the Leopard. The king recovers from his wounds but when he hears that Sir Lawrence wishes to marry Lady Edith Plantagenet, the knight is banished only to be taken in by the very doctor who treated the king and who has an altogether different identity. Written by garykmcd

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Theirs was the mightiest challenge of them all! See more »


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7 August 1954 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

The Talisman  »

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$2,100,000 (USA)
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(35 mm magnetic prints) (RCA Sound System)| (Perspecta Sound encoding) (35 mm optical prints)

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(Warnercolor)

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2.55 : 1
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Trivia

One of the films included in "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (and how they got that way)" by Harry Medved and Randy Lowell. See more »

Goofs

The camels in the movie are Bactrian (Asian two-humps), whereas camels in the Middle East are dromedary (one-hump). See more »

Quotes

Saladin: These strange pale-eyed Goths, they show their hearts like the bumps on a pomegranate.
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Connections

Version of Richard the Lion-Hearted (1923) See more »

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Loved it when I was 12
19 January 2011 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

I give it a NINE as a 12-year-old. As a mature person, I can't say because it's not available, even on Netflix. At the time, I thought it a great adventure film. So they scrambled history a bit and the lines were corny; but with costumes, intrigue, and romance, plus Rex Harrison and the always impeccable George Sanders, what more could a kid want?

Especially loved the part "where King Richard meets Saladin and shows him 'the strength of English steel' by cutting through an iron mace placed across the backs of two chairs. Saladin responds in kind by throwing a silk veil in the air which separates as it falls across his scimitar, and he replies that 'sometimes it is not the strength of the steel but the sharpness of the blade.'"

Didn't you ever like some film as a kid for reasons known only to a 12-year-old?


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