LO SCUDO DEI FALWORTH

(The Black Shield of Falworth)

1954, regia di Rudolph Maté

Scheda: Nazione: USA - Produzione: Universal International Pictures - Distribuzione: Universal Pictures - Soggetto: dal romanzo Man of Iron di Howard Pyle - Sceneggiatura: Oscar Brodney - Fotografia: Irving Glassberg - Montaggio: Ted J. Kent - Scenografia: Alexander Golitzen, Richard H. Riedel - Costumi: Rosemary Odell - Musiche: Hans J. Salter - Formato: Cinemascope Technicolor - Durata: 99'.

Cast: Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Torin Thatcher, Barbara Rush, Herbert Marshall, David Farrar, Patrick O'Neal, Craig Hill, Dan O'Herlihy, Ian Keith, Doris Lloyd, Rhys Williams, Leonard Mudie, Maurice Marsac, Leo Britt, Charles B. Fitzsimons, Gary Montgomery, Claud Allister, Robin Camp.

Trama e commenti: kataweb.it - mymovies.it - film.spettacolo.virgilio.it: «Scampato allo sterminio della nobile famiglia dei Falworth, Myles cresce in povertà, riesce comunque ad ottenere l'investitura di cavaliere in modo da poter rendere onore al suo nome e vendicarsi dei suoi nemici. Deve fare i conti anche con Walter Blunt, fratello dell'assassino di suo padre, che gli contende Lady Anne Mackworth. Curtis- Leigh, che ai tempi erano sposati, insieme in un film fatto apposta per loro, ma senza grandi sorprese».

Plot Summary, Synopsis, Review: IMDb - entertainment.msn.com - tvguide.com - en.wikipedia.org: «Myles Falworth (Tony Curtis) and his sister Meg (Barbara Rush) live in obscurity on a farm in Crosbey-Dale (pronounced, kris' bē-dāl) with their guardian Diccon Bowman (Rhys Williams). This is to protect them from the attainder placed upon their family by King Henry IV of England (Ian Keith) due to their father being falsely accused of treason and murdered by the Earl of Alban (David Farrar). When a hunting party comprising the Earl of Alban, the lord of Crosbey-Dale, and another nobleman, Sir Robert, stop at their farm for refreshment, they are repulsed by Myles from molesting his sister. This confrontation accelerates Diccon's plans to send them to Mackworth Castle. The Earl of Mackworth (Herbert Marshall), a close friend of their father, becomes their protector, and he sees in Myles the man who can rid England of the evil machinations of the Earl of Alban. Myles is trained to be a knight, is knighted by the king, and kills the Earl of Alban in trial by combat, foiling Alban's attempt to seize the English crown. Myles then marries the Earl of Mackworth's daughter, Lady Anne (Janet Leigh)».

Conosciuto anche con il titolo: Der eiserne Ritter von Falworth.

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