Knights of the Round Table (1953)
December 22, 1953Release Date
Knights of the Round Table (1953)
December 22, 1953Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Robert Taylor
Lancelot
Ava Gardner
Guinevere
Mel Ferrer
Arthur
Anne Crawford
Morgan Le Fay
Stanley Baker
Modred
Felix Aylmer
Merlin
Maureen Swanson
Elaine
Gabriel Woolf
Percival
Anthony Forwood
Gareth
Robert Urquhart
Gawaine
Niall MacGinnis
Green Knight
Ann Hanslip
Nan
Jill Clifford
Bronwyn
Stephen Vercoe
Agravaine
Alan Tilvern
Steward (uncredited)
Patricia Owens
Lady Vivien (uncredited)
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Details.
Release DateDecember 22, 1953
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 55m
Content RatingNR
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Knights of the Round Table is a 1953 British adventure historical film made by MGM in England and Ireland. Directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Pandro S. Berman, it was the first film in CinemaScope made by the studio. The screenplay was by Talbot Jennings, Jan Lustig and Noel Langley from Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, first published in 1485 by William Caxton.
The film was the second in an unofficial trilogy made by the same director and producer and starring Robert Taylor, coming between Ivanhoe (1952) and The Adventures of Quentin Durward (1955). All three were made at MGM's British studios at Borehamwood, near London and partly filmed on location. The cast included Robert Taylor as Sir Lancelot, Ava Gardner as Queen Guinevere, Mel Ferrer as King Arthur, Anne Crawford as Morgan Le Fay, Stanley Baker as Modred and Felix Aylmer as Merlin. The film uses the Welsh spelling for Arthur's nemesis, Modred, rather than the more common Mordred.
In addition to the same producer, director and star, the first two films in the trilogy had the same cinematographer (F. A. "Freddie" Young), composer (Miklós Rózsa), art director (Alfred Junge) and costume designer (Roger Furse). The costumes for this film were executed by Elizabeth Haffenden. In 1955, she would take over from Furse as costume designer for the final film in the trilogy, Quentin Durward. Alfred Junge remained as art director.