“Theirs was the mightiest challenge of them all!”
Based on Sir Walter Scott's The Talisman, this is the story of the romantic adventures of Christians and Muslims during the battle for the Holy Land in the time of King Richard the Lionheart.
David Butler
John Twist
J. Peverell Marley
Max Steiner
Rex Harrison
Emir Hderim Sultan Saladin
Virginia Mayo
Lady Edith Plantagenet
George Sanders
King Richard I
Laurence Harvey
Sir Kenneth of the Leopard
Robert Douglas
Sir Giles Amaury
Michael Pate
Conrad, Marquis of Montferrat
Paula Raymond
Queen Berengaria
Lester Matthews
Archbishop of Tyre / Narrator
Anthony Eustrel
Baron De Vaux
Henry Corden
King Philip of France
Wilton Graff
Duke Leopold of Austria
Nejla Ates
Moorish Dancing Girl
... and 19 more
John Chard
By Saint George – Or Andrew… King Richard and the Crusaders is directed by David Butler and adapted to screenplay by John Twist from the novel “The Talisman” written by Sir Walter Scott. It stars Rex Harrison, Viginia Mayo, George Sanders, Laurence Harvey, Robert Douglas, Michael Pate and Paula ...
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Laurence Harvey portrays a fictional Scottish knight on crusade with Richard the Lionheart in this brightly coloured but laboured adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's "The Talisman". The history is all over the place and the casting - particularly Rex Harrison as Saladin, but George Sanders as King Rich...
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