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Prince Valiant

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5.9/10 • 62

1954-04-051h 40m

AdventureActionRomance

The Golden Age of Adventure Comes Alive as the Vikings Storm the Screen

A young Viking prince strives to become a knight in King Arthur's Court and restore his exiled father to his rightful throne.

Directors
Henry Hathaway
Characters
Hal Foster
Editors
Robert L. Simpson

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  1. James Mason

    James Mason

    Sir Brack

  2. Janet Leigh

    Janet Leigh

    Princess Aleta

  3. Robert Wagner

    Robert Wagner

    Prince Valiant

  4. Debra Paget

    Debra Paget

    Ilene

  5. Sterling Hayden

    Sterling Hayden

    Sir Gawain

  6. Victor McLaglen

    Victor McLaglen

    Boltar

  7. Donald Crisp

    Donald Crisp

    King Aguar

  8. Brian Aherne

    Brian Aherne

    King Arthur

  9. Barry Jones

    Barry Jones

    King Luke

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CinemaSerf

Mar 21, 2025

7/10

With the kingdom in peril from the marauding Vikings, “Aguar” (Donald Crisp) sends his son “Valiant” (Robert Wagner) to safety in England where he is to attend the court of king “Arthur” (Brian Aherne). He is welcomed there, but quickly discovers that there is a duplicitous black knight who is consorting with the Norsemen to capture him. Who is this mysterious figure? Meantime, he is assigned to the staff of the gallant “Sir Gawain” (Sterling Hayden) in whom he confides his suspicions of “Sir Brack” (James Mason). Naturally, his mentor doesn’t believe him and in despair, the young Prince tries to sort things out himself. That just leads to his capture and return home in chains. Now he has to find a way to overthrow the usurper and then return back to alert “Arthur” to the danger under his nose. Meantime, there’s a little romance bubbling along with the princess “Aleta” (Janet Leigh) and “Ilene” (Debra Paget) that shows both our knights as rather tongue-tied when it comes to women! There’s plenty of adventure here, Mason is on decent form and Wagner makes for an amiable hero as we build to a denouement that's predicable, but as it includes Victor McLaglen clad in fur wearing a pointy tin hat, is enjoyable to watch. This is a colourful and vibrant action film that I quite enjoyed.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$2,970,000.00
Revenue
$3,373.00
Keywords
camelotexilevikings (norsemen)based on comicsword fightknightking arthurdueljoustingmiddle ages (476-1453)swashbucklerknights of the round tablesquiregawain