A timeless story of Love, Honor and Glory.
In the days of King Henry IV, stalwart young Myles and his sister Meg have been raised as peasants, without any knowledge of who their father really was. But one day, they journey to Macworth Castle. There, Myles falls in love with Lady Anne Macworth, makes friends and enemies, and learns to be a knight.
- 6.2
- 1954
- Released
- 1h 39m
Tony Curtis
Myles Falworth
Janet Leigh
Lady Anne of Mackworth
David Farrar
Gilbert Blunt, Earl of Alban
Barbara Rush
Meg Falworth
Herbert Marshall
William, Earl of Mackworth
Torin Thatcher
Sir James
Dan O'Herlihy
Prince Hal of Wales
Patrick O'Neal
Walter Blunt
Craig Hill
Francis Gascoyne
Ian Keith
King Henry IV
Doris Lloyd
Dame Ellen, Lady-in-Waiting
Rhys Williams
Diccon Bowman
Leonard Mudie
Friar Edward
Maurice Marsac
Count de Vermois
Leo Britt
Sir RobertGary Montgomery
Peter
Claud Allister
Sir George
Hamilton Camp
Roger Ingoldsby
Harry Cording
Captain of King's Guards (uncredited)
Nicolas Coster
Humphrey, Young Squire (uncredited)
Charles Evans
Lord Archbishop (uncredited)Richard B. Fitzgerald
Sentry (uncredited)
Lance Fuller
Guard (uncredited)
Brett Halsey
Young Squire / Apprentice Knight (uncredited)Chuck Hamilton
Court Observer (uncredited)Ramsay Hill
Sir Charles (uncredited)
Robert F. Hoy
First Guard (uncredited)
Nelson Leigh
Archbishop at Myles' Knighting (uncredited)James Logan
(uncredited)
Ralph Moratz
Court Knave (uncredited)
Damian O'Flynn
Sir Alexander (uncredited)
Reginald Sheffield
Lord Constable (uncredited)
Released
en
- #based on novel or book
- #castle
- #shield
- #king henry iv
- #trial by combat
- #15th century
- #knighthood
Reviews
Torin Thatcher steals this for me as the eye-patch wearing "Sir James" the curmudgeonly Knight who is tasked by the Earl of Mackwith (Herbert Marshall) to turn country bumpkin Tony Curtis ("Myles") into a chivalric squire. Soon, though, it transpires that they are all at the heart of a plot to kill King Henry IV - a scheme led by the evil "Earl of Alban" (David Farrar). Janet Leigh is the feisty d
All The Pageantry And Excitement Of Knighthood’s Epic Age! The Black Shield of Falworth is directed by Rudolph Mate and adapted to screenplay by Oscar Brodney from the noel Men of Iron written by Howard Pyle. It stars Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Barbara Rush, Torin Thatcher, Herbert Marshall, Craig Hill, David Farrar and Dan O’Herlihy. Music is by Hans J. Salter and cinematography by Irving Glas