The Dark Avenger
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| Directed by | Henry Levin |
| Produced by | Walter Mirisch |
| Written by | Daniel B. Ullman Phil Park(uncredited) |
| Starring | Errol Flynn Joanne Dru Peter Finch Yvonne Furneaux |
| Music by | Alex North |
| Cinematography | Guy Green |
| Editing by | Edward B. Jarvis |
| Distributed by | Allied Artists Pictures 20th Century Fox Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date(s) | September 11, 1955 |
| Running time | General release: 85 Min |
| Language | English |
The Dark Avenger is a 1955 film directed by Henry Levin. The screenplay was written by Daniel P. Ullman and Phil Park who was uncredited. The film starred Errol Flynn, Joanne Dru and Peter Finch. The music score was by Cedric Thorpe Davie.
The Dark Avenger follows the adventures of Edward the Black Prince, son of King Edward III and heir to the throne of England, as he tries to liberate the people of Aquitaine from the cruel grasp of France.
The film was the last swashbuckler film Errol Flynn would ever make. It is sometimes titled The Warriors in the United States and had a working title of The Black Prince in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Plot
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.
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- Errol Flynn as Edward, the Black Prince
- Joanne Dru as Lady Joan Holland
- Peter Finch as Comte de Ville
- Yvonne Furneaux as Marie
- Patrick Holt as Sir Ellys
- Michael Hordern as Edward III
- Moultrie Kelsall as Sir Bruce
- Robert Urquhart as Sir Philip
- Noel Willman as Du_Guesclin
- Frances Rowe as Genevieve
- Alastair Hunter as Libeau
- Rupert Davies as Sir John
- Ewen Solon as D'Estell
- Vincent Winter as John Holland
- Richard O'Sullivan as Thomas Holland
- Jack Lambert as Dubois
- John Welsh as Gurd
- Harold Kasket as Arnaud
- Leslie Linder as François Le Clerc
- Robert Brown as First French Knight
- John Phillips as Second French Knight
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