Why does one watch such a movie? Why, for swash buckling fun! This movie has it with flashing swords, acrobatic horse chases. And suave villainy.
Roger Moore can be difficult to find for, being early in his career, there no close ups but only wide shots. Further, with the limits of what those shots can do, young Sean McClory might be taken for him, instead.
Early special effects photography, such as being on a high tower, is pretty decently done for the technology of the time. George Sanders plays the King well for someone who is so vain.
Not too much delectable for the leading lady Ann Blyth but she decently communicates what it could be like, accurate or not, to live in such a time as a woman of means. This, however, is primarily a movie for the males.
David Niven is rather excellent as an uppity noble who wants it all and who has little care for others. The only down side to the movie is that after all the hate built up about him, his demise is done off screen.
A decent, wholesome flick.
Roger Moore can be difficult to find for, being early in his career, there no close ups but only wide shots. Further, with the limits of what those shots can do, young Sean McClory might be taken for him, instead.
Early special effects photography, such as being on a high tower, is pretty decently done for the technology of the time. George Sanders plays the King well for someone who is so vain.
Not too much delectable for the leading lady Ann Blyth but she decently communicates what it could be like, accurate or not, to live in such a time as a woman of means. This, however, is primarily a movie for the males.
David Niven is rather excellent as an uppity noble who wants it all and who has little care for others. The only down side to the movie is that after all the hate built up about him, his demise is done off screen.
A decent, wholesome flick.