The Scarlet Blade
| The Scarlet Blade | |
|---|---|
 Poster with the US title | |
| 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 |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner-Pathé (UK) Columbia Pictures (US) |
Release date |
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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 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 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.
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
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