The Black Rose
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| Directed by | Henry Hathaway |
| Produced by | Louis D. Lighton |
| Written by | Thomas B. Costain (book) Talbot Jennings |
| Starring | Tyrone Power Orson Welles |
| Music by | Richard Addinsell |
| Cinematography | Jack Cardiff |
| Editing by | Manuel del Campo |
| Distributed by | 20th Century-Fox |
| Release date(s) | 1 September 1950 |
| Running time | 120 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Black Rose is a 1950 20th Century-Fox film starring Tyrone Power and Orson Welles, loosely based on Thomas B. Costain's book. It was filmed partly on location in England and Morocco which substitutes for the Gobi Desert of China. The film was partly conceived as a follow-up to the movie Prince of Foxes, and reunited the earlier film's two stars.
Talbot Jennings' screenplay was based on a popular novel of the same name by Canadian author Thomas B. Costain, published in 1945.
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The story concerns 13th-century Saxon nobleman Walter of Gurnie (Tyrone Power), who, after sparking an unsuccessful rebellion against the Norman conquerors of his homeland, sets out to seek his fortune in the Far East. In the company of his friend Tristam (Jack Hawkins), Walter makes the acquaintance of megalomaniac Mongol warlord Bayan (Orson Welles). The "Black Rose" of the title is the beauteous Maryam (Cécile Aubry), with whom Walter fell in love while both were prisoners of Bayan.
Journeying farther east, Walter and Tristam arrive in China, where they are treated with deference - so long as they never try to leave. Eventually escaping his Chinese hosts, Walter returns to his native country.
Previously denounced by King Edward (Michael Rennie) because of his role in the a Saxon rebellion, Walter is welcomed back with open arms because of all the cultural and scientific wonders (including gunpowder) he has brought back from China.
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- Tyrone Power ... Walter of Gurnie
- Orson Welles ... Bayan
- Cécile Aubry ... Maryam
- Jack Hawkins ... Tristram Griffen
- Michael Rennie ... King Edward
- Finlay Currie ... Alfgar
- Herbert Lom ... Anthemus
- Mary Clare ... Countess Eleanor of Lessford
- Robert Blake ... Mahmoud
- Alfonso Bedoya ... Lu Chung
- Gibb McLaughlin ... Wilderkin
- James Robertson Justice ... Simeon Beautrie
- Henry Oscar ... Friar Roger Bacon
- Laurence Harvey ... Edmond
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