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En Angleterre à l'époque du roi Arthur, un jeune Viking, le Prince Valiant, veut devenir un chevalier de Camelot.En Angleterre à l'époque du roi Arthur, un jeune Viking, le Prince Valiant, veut devenir un chevalier de Camelot.En Angleterre à l'époque du roi Arthur, un jeune Viking, le Prince Valiant, veut devenir un chevalier de Camelot.
Robert Adler
- Brack's Man-at-Arms
- (uncredited)
Lloyd Ahern II
- Young Valiant
- (uncredited)
Chris Alcaide
- Knight
- (uncredited)
Hal Baylor
- Prison Guard
- (uncredited)
Neville Brand
- Viking Warrior Chief
- (uncredited)
George Bruggeman
- Sligon's Guard
- (uncredited)
Histoire
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesNone of the locations were "stock footage," since this was one of the first CinemaScope movies. The locations were shot by a second unit in England during the spring and summer of 1953, specifically for this film. Stand-ins doubled for the principal cast in long shots, which were then matched at 20th Century-Fox studios and ranch in California during the autumn of 1953. The English stand-in for Janet Leigh's Aleta character was a teenage Shirley Eaton, (later to become the James Bond Goldfinger (1964) girl).
- GaffesVikings did not wear horned helmets.
- Citations
Sir Gawain: You turned out to be flinging rocks like any lowborn ruffian. Why I've never been unhorsed by such a scurvy trick!
- Générique farfeluOpening credits are shown with the color frames of the original Prince Valiant comic strip as wallpaper.
- ConnexionsEdited into The Time Tunnel: Merlin the Magician (1967)
Commentaire en vedette
Valient rises above the comic book genre........
Fifty years ago moviegoers found that Fox's PRINCE VALIENT was much better than expected, thanks to Henry Hathaway's fine direction and a wealth of good sense from 20th Century-Fox. Fox was still well-taken with their new CinemaScope process that just begged for action and beautiful, colorful settings. This movie excels at all, but it's mostly the rock-solid story of King Arthur and the Vikings that makes it.
Screen beauties Janet Leigh and Debra Paget almost never showed any leg in any movie, and herein (sorry) are fully covered as usual. Anyway, it's the men who dominate this story. Robert Wagner is perfect as Valient, and Sterling Hayden is at the top of his form, as is James Mason.
Truth is that in the age of comic book movies (2000-2008) Hollywood's cocaine sniffers have no clue how to craft this genre with any classic quality. The secret is to focus on (1) story, (2) character development, (3) spectacular sets and scenery, (4) challenge, redemption, faith, patriotism. The religion and honor in Prince Valient would make today's godless movie industry cringe.
These days the focus (if any) would be on animation, choppy editing, almost no dialog, and the usual/identical musical score: vim, vim, vim, vim on a violin while a chorus belts out wordless chants. Boring! Thus films like Jerry Bruckheimer's "King Arthur" -- to name just one, is no longer even a memory, let alone a classic.
Treat yourself! Rent "Prince Valient" on DVD.
Screen beauties Janet Leigh and Debra Paget almost never showed any leg in any movie, and herein (sorry) are fully covered as usual. Anyway, it's the men who dominate this story. Robert Wagner is perfect as Valient, and Sterling Hayden is at the top of his form, as is James Mason.
Truth is that in the age of comic book movies (2000-2008) Hollywood's cocaine sniffers have no clue how to craft this genre with any classic quality. The secret is to focus on (1) story, (2) character development, (3) spectacular sets and scenery, (4) challenge, redemption, faith, patriotism. The religion and honor in Prince Valient would make today's godless movie industry cringe.
These days the focus (if any) would be on animation, choppy editing, almost no dialog, and the usual/identical musical score: vim, vim, vim, vim on a violin while a chorus belts out wordless chants. Boring! Thus films like Jerry Bruckheimer's "King Arthur" -- to name just one, is no longer even a memory, let alone a classic.
Treat yourself! Rent "Prince Valient" on DVD.
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- vitaleralphlouis
- 1 avr. 2008
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Box-office
- Budget
- 2 970 000 $ US (estimation)
- Brut – à l'échelle mondiale
- 3 373 $ US
- Durée1 heure 40 minutes
- Rapport de forme
- 2.55 : 1
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By what name was Prince Vaillant (1954) officially released in India in English?
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