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Flaming With the Barbaric Cruelties And Infamous Conquests of the Dark Age of Terror!
Overview
Edward, Prince of Wales, son and heir to his father King Edward III of England, leads an English army to the French province of Aquitaine to protect the inhabitant from the ravages of the French. After defeating the French in battle, the defeated French plot to kill the prince. Failing in this, they kidnap his lady, the lovely Lady Joan Holland. Of course Prince Edward has to ride to the rescue, adopting numerous guises to save his paramour, which ultimately end in him leading his men into one final climactic battle against the French. (Also known as "The Warriors" and "The Black Prince").
Top Billed Cast
Errol Flynn
Prince Edward
Joanne Dru
Lady Joan Holland
Peter Finch
Comte De Ville
Yvonne Furneaux
Marie
Patrick Holt
Sir Ellys
Michael Hordern
King Edward
Moultrie Kelsall
Sir Bruce
Robert Urquhart
Sir Philip
Noel Willman
Du Guesclin
**An effective and very pragmatic film, where Flynn is shown to be worn out and in difficulties.** Who would have thought that the last swashbuckling film starring Errol Flynn, an actor who has excelled in countless fictional heroes, would be a film loosely based on the life of a real historical character? Yes, this film, now completely forgotten, brings us an obviously invented situation, but created around the figure, totally real, of the Black Prince. I, as a historian, will try to explain some of this… As I think we all know that England and France fought a succession of wars during ...
