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The Scarlet Blade

The Scarlet Blade

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Summary

A Roundhead colonel hatches a plan to kidnap the king during the Civil War. However, his daughter has remained loyal to the crown, and is helping a band of Royalists to carry out a daring rescue mission. Swashbuckling adventure, starring Lionel Jeffries and Oliver Reed

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A star rating of 2 out of 5.

Tom Hutchinson

Before he buckled under the pressures of showbusiness, Oliver Reed could swash and swagger with the best of them. He's on form as a renegade swordsman with an eye for the ladies in this period drama from Hammer set during the English Civil War. Swordfights abound as sadistic Cromwellian colonel Lionel Jeffries discovers his daughter has Royalist sympathies. There's capable support from Jack Hedley and June Thorburn, but writer/director John Gilling was on surer ground with later horror films such as The Plague of the Zombies.

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5.7/10

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Cast

rolenameColonel JuddLionel JeffriesSylvesterOliver ReedEdwardJack HedleyClareJune ThorburnPabloMichael RipperJacobHarold GoldblattMajor BellDuncan LamontPhilipClifford ElkinConstanceSuzan FarmerSergeant GreyJohn Harvey

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rolenameDirectorJohn Gilling

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Theatrical distributor

Hammer Film Prods Ltd

Languages

English

Available on

DVD

Formats

Colour

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