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Director:
Writers:
Hal Foster (comic strip)
Dudley Nichols (screenplay)
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Release Date:
5 April 1954 (USA) more
Plot:
A young Viking prince strives to become a knight in King Arthur's Court and restore his exiled father to his rightful throne. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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James Mason ... Sir Brack

Janet Leigh ... Princess Aleta

Robert Wagner ... Prince Valiant
Debra Paget ... Ilene
Sterling Hayden ... Sir Gawain
Victor McLaglen ... Boltar
Donald Crisp ... King Aguar
Brian Aherne ... King Arthur

Barry Jones ... King Luke
Mary Philips ... Queen
Howard Wendell ... Morgan Todd
Tom Conway ... Sir Kay
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Additional Details

Runtime:
100 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.55 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
UK:U | West Germany:12 (f) | Finland:K-12 | USA:Approved (PCA #16695, General Audience) | Sweden:15

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The average shot length of this film is about 7 seconds. This is fast for an early CinemaScope film, and is low given the 8 - 11 second average of most Hollywood films made between 1930 and 1960. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: As Valiant leaves his castle to meet Boltar at the beginning of the movie, he jumps from several heights to the ground. As Valiant jumps off of a small hill next to the castle, you can clearly see mats falling down from the hill after he jumps. more
Quotes:
Sir Gawain: You turned out to be flinging rocks like any lowborn ruffian. Why I've never been unhorsed by such a scurvy trick! more
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12 out of 20 people found the following comment useful.
Loosen Up, 3 September 2003

There are only few - VERY few - classic sword & sorcery adventures out there which deserve more than a glance. Yes, this one's pretty ignorant of Hal Foster's original, and I pity that. But as far as 40's/50's first class adventure romps go, this one ranks right beneath the all-time classic 'The Adventures Of Robin Hood', bravely levels with 'Ivanhoe', and easily settles above 'Knights Of The Round Table'.

This is a classic Sunday afternoon couch with a bag of chips movie.

As long as you don't expect something else, this is the movie for you.

9 out of 10 for what it is and always will be.

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