Prince Valiant

1954
Approved
1h 40m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

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A young Viking prince strives to become a knight in King Arthur's Court and restore his exiled father to his rightful throne.A young Viking prince strives to become a knight in King Arthur's Court and restore his exiled father to his rightful throne.A young Viking prince strives to become a knight in King Arthur's Court and restore his exiled father to his rightful throne.

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

YOUR RATING

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Knight
(uncredited)

Hal Baylor

Prison Guard
(uncredited)

Neville Brand

Viking Warrior Chief
(uncredited)

George Bruggeman

Sligon's Guard
(uncredited)

Director
- Henry Hathaway
Writers
- Dudley Nichols
- Hal Foster
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Trivia
None of the locations were stock footage, since this was one of the first CinemaScope movies. The locations were shot by a second unit in England during the spring and summer of 1953, specifically for this film. Stand-ins doubled for the principal cast in long shots, which were then matched at 20th Century-Fox studios and ranch in California during the autumn of 1953. The English stand-in for Janet Leigh's Aleta character was a teenage Shirley Eaton, (later to become the James Bond Goldfinger (1964) girl).

Goofs
In this story set in the Middle Ages, Aleta and all the other women look as if they are wearing the notorious "torpedo bras'' of the 1950s.

Quotes
Sir Gawain: You turned out to be flinging rocks like any lowborn ruffian. Why I've never been unhorsed by such a scurvy trick!

Crazy credits
Opening credits are shown with the color frames of the original Prince Valiant comic strip as wallpaper.

Connections
Edited into The Time Tunnel: Merlin the Magician (1967)

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Featured review

Loosen Up

There are only few - VERY few - classic sword & sorcery adventures out there which deserve more than a glance. Yes, this one's pretty ignorant of Hal Foster's original, and I pity that. But as far as 40's/50's first class adventure romps go, this one ranks right beneath the all-time classic 'The Adventures Of Robin Hood', bravely levels with 'Ivanhoe', and easily settles above 'Knights Of The Round Table'.

This is a classic Sunday afternoon couch with a bag of chips movie.

As long as you don't expect something else, this is the movie for you.

9 out of 10 for what it is and always will be.

* Schogger13