The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)

Directed by

Rudolph Maté

Genre

medieval film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

e 10

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 31 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man in medieval England trains to become a knight and seeks to clear his family's name after his father is falsely accused of treason. He faces battles and political intrigue while falling in love with a noblewoman.

old-fashionedromanticadventurousswashbucklingcolorfuldramaticfairy-tale-like

What happens

The Black Shield of Falworth is a 1954 American Technicolor adventure historical film film from Universal-International, produced by Robert Arthur and Melville Tucker and directed by Rudolph Maté. It stars Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, David Farrar, Herbert Marshall, and Torin Thatcher. The screenplay, set in Medieval England, was adapted by Oscar Brodney and is based on Howard Pyle's 1891 novel Men of Iron. The original music score was composed by Hans J. Salter although his name does not appear in the screen credits. The only musical notation is given as: "Music Supervision by Joseph Gershenson". Made Universal's music department head in 1940, Gershenson's name appeared on nearly every film made by that studio from 1949 to 1969. The film was Universal-International's first feature made in CinemaScope. It opened in New York City's Times Square on October 6, 1954, at the Loew's State Theater. It was the second of five feature films in which husband and wife Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh appeared together on screen during their marriage (1952–1961). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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