This was a take on King Arthur (Brian Aherne) and his knights of the round table that I picked up time ago. It is one that I've had for years without seeing. I have a break in watching stuff for podcasts so I decided to give it a watch.
For this one, King Arthur wants to become king of all England. There is another king that opposes him. His name is King Leodogran (John Longden). Arthur gets the idea to marry his daughter, Guinevere (Jean Wallace) as a way to create an alliance. A deal is struck, trial by combat. Arthur's best knight against Leodogran. The only choice to send is Lancelot (Cornel Wilde).
Being one of the greatest knights of all time, he wins and brings back Guinevere to marry his king. The problem is that the two of them fall in love on the way back. Arthur has a son, Sir Modred (Michael Meacham) who has his sights set on the throne, but being that he is illegitimate, he needs to prevent king and his new queen from having a child. He does everything he can to create havoc. All the while, Guinevere expresses her feelings toward Lancelot, complicating things further.
What shocked me with this movie was that it is from Universal. I knew they did other things outside of horror, but the quality of this shocked me. What I mean there is that I don't think it is great. Wilde co-wrote, directed and starred in this one. That was something that intrigued me. I think he does a solid job telling this tale. It has a runtime of around an hour, but there is a lot of story. This is a bit slow if I'm honest. The fight scenes when we get them are good. It is more violent than I was expecting. Not the best take I've seen of this story, but it was fine.
My Rating: 6 out of 10.
For this one, King Arthur wants to become king of all England. There is another king that opposes him. His name is King Leodogran (John Longden). Arthur gets the idea to marry his daughter, Guinevere (Jean Wallace) as a way to create an alliance. A deal is struck, trial by combat. Arthur's best knight against Leodogran. The only choice to send is Lancelot (Cornel Wilde).
Being one of the greatest knights of all time, he wins and brings back Guinevere to marry his king. The problem is that the two of them fall in love on the way back. Arthur has a son, Sir Modred (Michael Meacham) who has his sights set on the throne, but being that he is illegitimate, he needs to prevent king and his new queen from having a child. He does everything he can to create havoc. All the while, Guinevere expresses her feelings toward Lancelot, complicating things further.
What shocked me with this movie was that it is from Universal. I knew they did other things outside of horror, but the quality of this shocked me. What I mean there is that I don't think it is great. Wilde co-wrote, directed and starred in this one. That was something that intrigued me. I think he does a solid job telling this tale. It has a runtime of around an hour, but there is a lot of story. This is a bit slow if I'm honest. The fight scenes when we get them are good. It is more violent than I was expecting. Not the best take I've seen of this story, but it was fine.
My Rating: 6 out of 10.