Movie
The Flame and the Arrow
Overview
Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as their headquarters as they conduct an insurgency against their Hessian conquerors.
Details
- Release date
- 1950-07-07
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Genres
- Adventure, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Norma-F.R. Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Burt Lancaster as Dardo Bartoli
- Virginia Mayo as Anne de Hesse
- Robert Douglas as Marchese Alessandro de Granazia
- Aline MacMahon as Nonna Bartoli
- Frank Allenby as Count 'The Hawk' Ulrich
- Nick Cravat as Piccolo
- Lynn Baggett as Francesca
- Gordon Gebert as Rudi Bartoli, Dardo's Son
- Norman Lloyd as Apollo, the Troubador
- Victor Kilian as Apothecary Mazzoni
- Francis Pierlot as Papa Pietro
- Robin Hughes as Skinner
Crew
- Jacques Tourneur - Director
- Waldo Salt - Writer
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