The Scarlet Blade | |
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Directed by | John Gilling |
Screenplay by | John Gilling |
Produced by | Anthony Nelson Keys |
Starring | Lionel Jeffries Oliver Reed Jack Hedley June Thorburn |
Cinematography | Jack Asher |
Edited by | John Dunsford |
Music by | Gary Hughes |
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Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Scarlet Blade (released in the United States as The Crimson Blade) is a 1963 British adventure film directed by John Gilling and starring Lionel Jeffries, Oliver Reed, Jack Hedley and June Thorburn.
It is a period drama set during the English Civil War.
When King Charles I is captured by Roundhead forces led by the tyrant Colonel Judd and his right-hand man Captain Sylvester, it is up to a band of locals loyal to the King led by a Robin Hood–type character named the Scarlet Blade to try to rescue him. They are helped by Judd's daughter Claire who secretly helps them in defiance of her father.