A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)

Directed by

Tay Garnett

Genre

fantasy film, comedy film, science fiction film, musical film, time-travel film, medieval film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 36 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A mechanic from 1912 hits his head and wakes up in the time of King Arthur. He uses modern know-how to rise in power and falls for the king's niece. This makes her fiancé Sir Lancelot angry and causes political trouble.

whimsicalplayfullightheartednostalgicmusicalcomicalromanticadventurous

What happens

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is a 1949 American comedy musical film directed by Tay Garnett and starring Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, Sir Cedric Hardwicke and William Bendix. Based on the novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) by Mark Twain, the film is about a mechanic in 1912 who bumps his head and finds himself in Arthurian Britain in 528, where he is befriended by a knight and gains power by judicious use of technology. When he falls in love with the king's niece, her fiancé Sir Lancelot takes exception, and when he meddles in the politics of the kingdom, trouble ensues. Filmed from October to December 1947, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court was released on April 22, 1949, and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film was a popular success and became one of the highlight films of 1949. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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