Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

The Black Arrow (1948)

The Black Arrow poster
Directed by
Gordon Douglas
Genre
swashbuckler film, adventure film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 16m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

During the Wars of the Roses, a young knight seeks revenge against the man who betrayed his father. He joins forces with a band of outlaws called the Black Arrow to fight for justice and win the love of a noblewoman.

adventurousswashbucklingfast-pacedheroicromantichistoricalexciting

What happens

The Black Arrow is a 1948 American adventure film directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Louis Hayward and Janet Blair. It is an adaptation of the 1888 novel of the same name by Robert Louis Stevenson. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?