Nice adventure movie with stunning heroes/heroines, whole fast-moving scenes and great energy running through it. A spoiled young called Myles, Tony Curtis, goes to the royal court and is subsequently trained for knighthood. He is son of a deceased lord accused as a traitor. Myles results to be an excellent swordsman, rider and brave warrior who fights enemy and saves maids . Later on , he is out to thwart a nasty conspiracy led by a villain noble : David Farrar against King Henry IV : Ian Keith . Meanwhile , Curtis attempts to win the Hand of a beautiful Maiden , Lady Anne : Janet Leigh.
Typically Technicolor Universal International Pictures of the 50s , including spectacular and colorful scenes , comic-strip style , fair damsels in distresses , spectacular battles , glamorous costumes and many other things . Being loosely based on a popular novel written by the prestigious Howard Pyle . This exuberant movie is filled with battling bodies , invigorating vitality , romance and thrilling swordplay. Tony Curtis gives a sympathetic acting with his NY acccent as Myles , the son of a disgraced knight . At the time Tony Curtis played a number of swashbucklers and adventure movies as The Vikings , Purple mask , The prince who was a thief , Son of Ali Baba . He is well accompanied by his wife at the time , the beauty Janet Leigh , and the charming Barbara Rush playing his sister . Top-notch supporting performances from a great secondary cast , such as : Herbert Marshall , Torin Thatcher , Dan O'herlihy, Patrick O'neal , Craig Hill , Ian Keith , Rhys Williams , among others.
It packs a brilliant photography by Russell Metty who along with Irving Glassberg were ordinary Universal cameramen .The motion picture was profesionally by Rudolph Mate , though it has some flaws . He was a notorious cameraman and turning as a filmmaker in 1947 . He directed all kinds of genres as SciFi : When the world collide; Historical /Adventure as Seven seas to Calais, The Barbarians, 300 Spartans ; Westerns : In the Siege at Red River , The Mississipi gambler , The rawhide years ; and Film Noir : Union station , Second chance. The pictures themselves were for the most part undistinguished with his best work probably being the classic Noir DOA with Edmund O'Brian .Rating : 6/10 , acceptable and passable adventure movie . The movie will appeal to Tony Curtis fans .
Typically Technicolor Universal International Pictures of the 50s , including spectacular and colorful scenes , comic-strip style , fair damsels in distresses , spectacular battles , glamorous costumes and many other things . Being loosely based on a popular novel written by the prestigious Howard Pyle . This exuberant movie is filled with battling bodies , invigorating vitality , romance and thrilling swordplay. Tony Curtis gives a sympathetic acting with his NY acccent as Myles , the son of a disgraced knight . At the time Tony Curtis played a number of swashbucklers and adventure movies as The Vikings , Purple mask , The prince who was a thief , Son of Ali Baba . He is well accompanied by his wife at the time , the beauty Janet Leigh , and the charming Barbara Rush playing his sister . Top-notch supporting performances from a great secondary cast , such as : Herbert Marshall , Torin Thatcher , Dan O'herlihy, Patrick O'neal , Craig Hill , Ian Keith , Rhys Williams , among others.
It packs a brilliant photography by Russell Metty who along with Irving Glassberg were ordinary Universal cameramen .The motion picture was profesionally by Rudolph Mate , though it has some flaws . He was a notorious cameraman and turning as a filmmaker in 1947 . He directed all kinds of genres as SciFi : When the world collide; Historical /Adventure as Seven seas to Calais, The Barbarians, 300 Spartans ; Westerns : In the Siege at Red River , The Mississipi gambler , The rawhide years ; and Film Noir : Union station , Second chance. The pictures themselves were for the most part undistinguished with his best work probably being the classic Noir DOA with Edmund O'Brian .Rating : 6/10 , acceptable and passable adventure movie . The movie will appeal to Tony Curtis fans .