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King Richard and the Crusaders (1954) [NR]

Featuring:
Rex Harrison, Virginia Mayo, George Sanders

Written by:
Walter Scott
John Twist

Directed by:
David Butler


Release Date:
August 7, 1954

Original Title:
King Richard and the Crusaders

Alternate Titles:
Richard Coeur de Lion
The Talisman

Genres:
Adventure | Drama | History

Production Companies:
Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AT: 12  US: NR 

Runtime: 114

Theirs was the mightiest challenge of them all!

Overview from TheMovieDB

Based on Sir Walter Scott's The Talisman, this is the story of the romantic adventures of Christians and Muslims during the battle for the Holy Land in the time of King Richard the Lionheart.

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Overview from Open Movies

In 1191, King Richard the Lionheart, along with several other European monarchs, is in the Holy Land intent on retaking Jerusalem from the Saracens. There is much infighting and outright treachery in the European encampment however. Two nobles in particular, Sir Giles Amaury (Robert Douglas) and Conrad, Marquis of Montferrat (Michael Pate), want to eliminate the English King and attempt to have him assassinated. Severely wounded and on his death bed, Richard is brought back to health by a Saracen doctor recruited by one of his loyal knights, Sir Kenneth of the Leopard (Laurence Harvey). The King recovers from his wounds but when he hears that Sir Lawrence wishes to marry Lady Edith Plantagenet (Virginia Mayo), the knight is banished only to be taken in by the very doctor who treated the King and who has an altogether different identity.

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King Richard and the Crusaders (1954) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 5.5/10

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Production

Art Direction:
Bertram Tuttle
William S. Darling

Assistant Director:
Oren Haglund

Costume Design:
Marjorie Best

Director:
David Butler

Director of Photography:
J. Peverell Marley

Editor:
Irene Morra

Makeup Artist:
Gordon Bau

Novel:
Walter Scott

Original Music Composer:
Max Steiner

Second Unit Director:
Yakima Canutt

Set Decoration:
William L. Kuehl

Stunts:
Joe Canutt
Paul Baxley

Visual Effects:
Fred Sersen

Writer:
John Twist

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