A young British nobleman comes back from fighting in the War of the Roses to discover that his father has been murdered by an old family friend who is now an outlaw. However, he becomes suspicious about the exact circumstances of his father's death and determines to find out exactly what happened.
Practical Effects
Gordon Douglas squeezes actual sword fights out of a shoestring budget.
Costume
Hats so tall they deserve their own billing.
Director
Gordon Douglas
Louis Hayward
Sir Richard Shelton
Janet Blair
Joanna Sedley
George Macready
Sir Daniel Brackley
Edgar Buchanan
Lawless
Rhys Williams
Bennet Hatch
Walter Kingsford
Sir Oliver Oates
Lowell Gilmore
Duke of Gloucester
Halliwell Hobbes
Bishop of Tisbury
Paul Cavanagh
Sir John Sedley
Ray Teal
Nick Appleyard
Russell Hicks
Sir Harry Shelton
Billy Bevan
Dungeon Keeper
Paul Baxley
Bowman (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Louis Hayward played the same role in a 1940 radio adaptation—this was his second swing at Richard Shelton.
Robert Louis Stevenson's novel was Hollywood's go-to medieval IP before Game of Thrones existed; this version strips almost all the political complexity for pure adventure.
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