The Black Knight
The Black Knight is a 1954 British-American Technicolor medieval adventure film directed by Tay Garnett and starring Alan Ladd as the title character and Peter Cushing and Patrick Troughton as two conspirators attempting to overthrow King Arthur. It is the last of Ladd's trilogy with Warwick Films, the others being The Red Beret and Hell Below Zero based on Hammond Innes' book The White South.
Plot
The blacksmith and swordsmith John is tutored at the court of King Arthur, but as a commoner he cannot hope to win the hand of Lady Linet, daughter of the Earl of Yeonil. The earl's castle is attacked by Saracens and Cornishmen — disguised as Vikings — and his wife is killed, making him lose his memory. The attack was part of a plot by the Saracen Sir Palamides and the pagan Cornish King Mark to overthrow Arthur and Christianity and take over the country, whilst pretending to be Arthur's friends and allies; Palamides is a knight of the Round Table and Mark has faked his own baptism.
More details
| author | Alec Coppel |
|---|---|
| director | Tay Garnett |
| editor | Gordon Pilkington |
| genre | adventure |
| keywords | attack blacksmith camelot cornish people cornishman follow kill king arthur king mark mark of cornwall morning palamedes round table saracen secret identity sir palamides stonehenge swordsmith their way think viking wander |
| musicBy | John Addison |
| producer | Albert R. Broccoli Irving Allen |
| productionCompany | Warwick Films |
| publisher | Columbia Pictures |
| recordedAt | Pinewood Studios |