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The Highwayman (1951)

The Highwayman poster
Directed by
Lesley Selander
Genre
drama film, crime film, swashbuckler film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 23m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A romantic highwayman robs the rich and risks his life for a woman he loves. Based on a poem, it follows his escapades and a doomed love affair.

romanticadventurousnostalgicmelodramaticbriskold-fashionedsentimentalswashbuckling

What happens

The Highwayman is a 1951 American historical adventure film directed by Lesley Selander and starring Philip Friend, Wanda Hendrix and Cecil Kellaway. The film was shot in Cinecolor and distributed by Allied Artists, the prestige subsidiary of Monogram Pictures. It is based on the poem of the same name by Alfred Noyes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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