The Black Arrow (film)
The Black Arrow | |
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Directed by | Gordon Douglas |
Screenplay by |
Richard Schayer David P. Sheppard Thomas Sellar |
Based on | The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses by Robert Louis Stevenson |
Produced by |
Edward Small Grant Whytock |
Starring |
Louis Hayward Janet Blair |
Cinematography | Charles Lawton Jr. |
Edited by | Jerome Thoms |
Music by | Paul Sawtell |
Production company |
Edward Small Productions |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time |
76 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1 million |
The Black Arrow is a 1948 American adventure film directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Louis Hayward and Janet Blair. It is an adaptation of the 1888 novel of the same title by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Premise
A knight returns home after the War of the Roses (1455–1487) and discovers that his evil uncle has murdered his father.
Cast
- Louis Hayward as Sir Richard Shelton
- Janet Blair as Joanna Sedley
- George Macready as Sir Daniel Brackley
- Edgar Buchanan as Lawless
- Rhys Williams as Bennet Hatch
- Walter Kingsford as Sir Oliver Oates
- Lowell Gilmore as Duke of Gloucester
- Halliwell Hobbes as Bishop of Tisbury
- Paul Cavanagh as Sir John Sedley
- Ray Teal as Nick Appleyard
- Russell Hicks as Sir Harry Shelton
- Leslie Denison as Sir William Catesby
- Billy Bevan as Dungeon Keeper
- Harry Cording as Guard (uncredited)
Production
In 1947 Edward Small signed a contract with Columbia to make two films, The Black Arrow and D'Artagnan, the Kingmaker, an adaptation of one of the sequels to The Three Musketeers. Only the former was made but Small made a number of other swashbucklers for Columbia.
Filming started 6 June 1947.
The film uses leftover sets from The Swordsman (1948) and costumes and cast from The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946).
The film is briefly seen in Kermit's Swamp Years (2002) while Kermit the Frog is hiding in a theater; watching the sword fight inspires him to go into acting.
Reception
Reviews were positive.
See also
- Black Arrow (1985)