King Richard and the Crusaders (DVD)

With royal banners unfurled and a regal cast King Richard and the Crusaders ventures forth bring to screen life Sir Walter Scott's 1825 classic of myth and history the Talisman. Academy Award-« winners Rex Harrison (1964 Best Actor My Fair Lady) and George Sanders (1950 Best Supporting Actor All About Eve) join Virginia Mayo and Laurence Harvey in a legendary once-upon-a-time screen spectacle of knighthood intrigue and far-flung fields of battle. Richard the Lionhearted (Sanders) leader of the Third Crusade intends to take the fight to Moslem leader Saladin (Harrison) - and never suspects that the physician who comes to the Christian camp to tend him is Saladin himself. The wily foe is captivated by the alluring Lady Edith (Mayo) even though errand knight Kenneth (Harvey) also seeks Her Ladyship's hand. There is more than war to be settled here. There is love and war.

Starring: Rex Harrison, Virginia Mayo, George Sanders, Laurence Harvey, Robert Douglas, Antony Eustrel, Leslie Bradley, Bruce Lester, Anthony Eustrel, Bruce Lister, Leslie E. Bradley, Michael Pate, Paula Raymond, Lester Matthews, Henry Corden, Wilton Graff, Nick Cravat, Nejla Ates, Mark Dana, Peter Ortiz, Larry Chance, Robin Hughes, Gordon Heaver, Lumsden Hare, Leonard Penn, Leonard Mudie, Gavin Muir, Tom Blakiston, Ivan Hayes, Nelson Welch, David Cavendish, John Alderson, Ivo Henderson, Van Kirke, Richard Peel, David Alpert, Erik Blythe, Thayer Roberts, Bill Stretch, Mylee Andreason, Nick Thompson, Shepard Manken, Rye Butler, Frank Hagney, Harry Cording, Herbert Deans, Guy Prescott, Robert Tafur, Abdullah Abbas, Paul Marion, Mark Hanna, James Lilburn, Richard Boyer, John Holland, John Epper, Otto Reichow, Rudolph Anders

Director: Henry Blanke

Rating: NR