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Black Arrow (1985)

Black Arrow poster
Directed by
John Hough
Genre
adventure film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

During the Wars of the Roses, a young knight tries to rescue his lady love from a wicked guardian. He joins forces with a mysterious outlaw known as the Black Arrow.

swashbucklingromanticadventurouslight-heartedfast-pacedold-fashionedfamily-friendly

What happens

Black Arrow is a Disney made-for-television romantic adventure film filmed in 1984 and released in 1985, based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses. It was a Panatlantic Pictures release directed by John Hough, who had directed a filmatisation of another Stevenson novel, Treasure Island, in 1972. It was released on January 6, 1985, for broadcast on The Disney Channel and distribution on Disney Home Video VHS. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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