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The War Lord

6.3

Released November 17, 1965Runtime 2h 3min

He Battled Two Empires For The Love Of One Woman.

A knight in the service of a duke goes to a coastal village where an earlier attempt to build a defensive castle has failed. He begins to rebuild the duke's authority in the face of the barbarians at the border and is making progress until he falls in love with one of the local women.

Genres

History

Drama

War

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Profit/Loss: $0

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Cast

Charlton HestonChrysagon

Richard BooneBors

Rosemary ForsythBronwyn

Maurice EvansPriest

Guy StockwellDraco

Niall MacGinnisOdins

James FarentinoMarc

Henry WilcoxonFrisian Prince

Sammy RossVolc

Woodrow ParfreyPiet

John AldersonHolbracht

Allen JaffeTybald

Michael ConradRainault

Dal JenkinsDirck

Johnny JensenBoy Prince

Forrest WoodChrysagon Man

Belle MitchellOld Woman

Paul FreesNarrator (voice) (uncredited)

Kent McCordExtra (uncredited)

William O'ConnellVolunteer Rejected by Chrysagon (uncredited)

Crew

Franklin J. SchaffnerDirector

Douglas GreenAssistant Director

Leslie StevensOriginal Story

John CollierScreenplay

Millard KaufmanScreenplay

Walter SeltzerProducer

Folmar BlangstedEditor

Hans J. SalterOriginal Music Composer

John McCarthy Jr.Set Decoration

Alexander GolitzenArt Direction

Vittorio Nino NovareseCostume Design

Henry BumsteadArt Direction

Oliver EmertSet Decoration

Jerome MorossOriginal Music Composer

Russell MettyDirector of Photography

Hal NeedhamStunts

Ronnie Rondell Jr.Stunts

Bob HerronStunts

Larry GermainHairstylist

Stephanie EpperStunts

Tony EpperStunts

Jerry BrownStunts

Bud WestmoreMakeup Artist

Chuck CourtneyStunts

Tap CanuttStunts

Richard FarnsworthStunts

Chuck RobersonStunts

Jack WilliamsStunts

John EpperStunts

George OrrisonStunts

Jim SheppardStunts

Joe CanuttStunt Coordinator

Buddy Van HornStunts

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Reviews

This place has the dimensions of heresy. The War Lord stars Charlton Heston, Richard Boone, Rosemary Forsyth, Guy Stockwell, Maurice Evans, Niall MacGinnis, Henry Wilcoxon and James Farentino, amongst others. It's directed by future Oscar winning Director Franklin J. Schaffner (Best Director for...

_**Mediocre medieval tale with Heston, Boone and Rosemary Forsyth**_ In the 11th Century, a knight (Charlton Heston) in the service of the duke of Normandy ventures to a village on the northern coast of France to finish and inhabit a castle-like fortress for defense against the raiding Frisians ...

Not one of Charlton Heston's better efforts, this one. He's the overlord "Cyrysagon" who is sent to reimpose law and order at a remote Norman tower that is frequently being raided by the blond-haired Friesians. Together with his brother "Draco" (Guy Stockwell) and loyal henchman "Bors" (Richard Boo...