King Richard and the Crusaders (1954)
Theirs was the mightiest challenge of them all!
114 min
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.
- Release date
- August 7, 1954
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Max Steiner
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Soundtrack
- Main Title - The Desert / Crusaders in Battle / Warring Factions / King Richard is Wounded / Richard Lives ! Sir Giles Named Vice Marshall / Conspiracyinstrumental11:05
- Kenneth and Edith / Ilderim in the Desert / Ilderim Fights Kenneth / Sharing Waters at the Oasis / Caravan / Ilderim Sees Edith / Ilderim Fights The Guardsinstrumental11:36
- Ilderim Meets Richard / The Power of the Talisman / The Wound is Seared Ilderim's Songinstrumental9:34
- Ilderim And Edith / The Banner is Stolen / Richard Challenges Kenneth to Mortal Combat / Fight to the Death / Kenneth in Ilderim's Camp / Refugee From the Castilian Fortress / Ilderim is Saladdin !instrumental9:17
- Kenneth Becomes the Saracen Ambassador / Edith Overheads the Term of the Treaty / Murder of the Saracens / Edith Abducted / News of the Abduction / Kenneth Rides Outinstrumental9:33
- Richard in the Saracen Camp / Rescue of Edith / Death of Sir Giles / Saladdin Returns to his own People / Finaleinstrumental14:53
Cast
- Rex Harrison as Emir Hderim Sultan Saladin
- Virginia Mayo as Lady Edith Plantagenet
- George Sanders as King Richard I
- Laurence Harvey as Sir Kenneth of Huntington
- Robert Douglas as Sir Giles Amaury
- Michael Pate as Conrad, Marquis of Montferrat
- Paula Raymond as Queen Berengaria
- Lester Matthews as Archbishop of Tyre
- Anthony Eustrel as Baron De Vaux
- Henry Corden as King Philip of France
- Wilton Graff as Duke Leopold of Austria
- Nejla Ates as Moorish Dancing Girl
- Nick Cravat as Nectobanus
- Leslie Bradley as Castelaine Captain
- Bruce Lester as Castelaine
- Peter Ortiz as Castelaine
- Otto Reichow as Austrian Knight (uncredited)
- Frank Mills as Crusader (uncredited)
- Harry Cording as Castelaine Spokesman (uncredited)
- John Holland as Castelaine Man-at-Arms (uncredited)
- James O'Hara as Castelaine Knight (uncredited)
- Thayer Roberts as Officer of the Guard (uncredited)
- Gavin Muir as Physician (uncredited)
- Leonard Mudie as Physician (uncredited)
- Lumsden Hare as Physician (uncredited)
- Frank Hagney as Mobster (uncredited)
- Richard Peel as English Soldier (uncredited)
- Rudolph Anders as Austrian Knight (uncredited)
- Lester Matthews as Narrator
Crew
- David Butler · Director
- Walter Scott · Writer
- John Twist · Writer
- Henry Blanke · Producer
- Max Steiner · Composer
- J. Peverell Marley · Cinematographer
- Irene Morra · Editor