The Scarlet Blade
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| Directed by | John Gilling |
| Produced by | Anthony Nelson Keys |
| Written by | John Gilling |
| Starring | Jack Hedley Lionel Jeffries Oliver Reed June Thorburn |
| Music by | Gary Hughes |
| Cinematography | Jack Asher |
| Edited by | John Dunsford |
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| Distributed by | Warner-Pathé (UK) Columbia Pictures (USA) |
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| 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 for Hammer Film Productions.
It is a period drama set during the English Civil War and stars Oliver Reed and Lionel Jeffries.
Plot summary
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 to try to rescue him. They are helped by Judd's daughter Claire who secretly helps them in defiance of her father.
Main cast
- Lionel Jeffries as Colonel Judd
- Oliver Reed as Captain Tom Sylvester
- Jack Hedley as Edward Beverley, the Scarlet Blade
- Robert Rietti as King Charles I
- June Thorburn as Claire Judd
- Michael Ripper as Pablo
- Harold Goldblatt as Jacob
- Duncan Lamont as Major Bell
- Clifford Elkin as Philip Beverley
- Suzan Farmer as Constance Beverley
- John Harvey as Sergeant Grey
- Charles Houston as Drury
External links
- The Scarlet Blade in the British Film Institute's "Explore film..." database
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The Scarlet Blade at IMDb
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