The Black Arrow

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The Black Arrow (1948)

NR 06/30/1948 (US) Adventure, History 1h 16m

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Horsemen charge ! Swords clash ! Lips meet !

Overview

A young British nobleman comes back from fighting in the War of the Roses to discover that his father has been murdered by an old family friend who is now an outlaw. However, he becomes suspicious about the exact circumstances of his father's death and determines to find out exactly what happened.

Gordon Douglas

Director
Robert Louis Stevenson

Novel
Richard Schayer

Screenplay
David P. Sheppard

Screenplay
Tom Seller

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Top Billed Cast

Louis Hayward

Sir Richard Shelton
Janet Blair

Joanna Sedley
George Macready

Sir Daniel Brackley
Edgar Buchanan

Lawless
Rhys Williams

Bennet Hatch
Walter Kingsford

Sir Oliver Oates
Lowell Gilmore

Duke of Gloucester
Halliwell Hobbes

Bishop of Tisbury
Paul Cavanagh

Sir John Sedley
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A review by John Chard

60%

Written by John Chard on July 27, 2014

Black Arrows for Black Hearts.

The Black Arrow is directed by Gordon Douglas and adapted to screenplay by Richard Schayer, David P. Sheppard and Thomas Sellar from the novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson. It stars Louis Hayward, George Macready and Janet Blair. Music is by Paul Sawtell and cinematography by Charles Lawton Jr.

A little known swashbuckler, the Black Arrow has all the requisite touches for fans of such dashing fare. Story is set just after The War of the Roses has ended and pitches the returning Sir Richard Shelton (Hayward) into a hunt for the truth behind his father’s... read the rest.

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