''The Black Arrow'' is a 1948 American
adventure film
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directed by
Gordon Douglas and starring
Louis Hayward
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Biography
Born in Johannesburg, Louis Hayward lived in South Africa and was educated in France and England, including Latymer Upper Scho ...
and
Janet Blair
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Early years
Janet Blair was born Martha Janet Lafferty on April 23, 1921, in ...
. It is an adaptation of the 1888
novel of the same title by
Robert Louis Stevenson
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.
Premise
A knight returns home after the
War of the Roses
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(1455–1487) and discovers that his evil uncle has murdered his father.
Cast
Production
In 1947 Edward Small signed a contract with Columbia to make two films, ''The Black Arrow'' and ''D'Artagnan, the Kingmaker'', an adaptation of one of the sequels to ''
The Three Musketeers
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''. Only the former was made but Small made a number of other swashbucklers for Columbia.
Filming started 6 June 1947.
The film uses leftover sets from ''
The Swordsman'' (1948) and costumes and cast from ''
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
''The Bandit of Sherwood Forest'' is a 1946 American Technicolor adventure film directed by Henry Levin & George Sherman and starring Cornel Wilde, Anita Louise, Jill Esmond and Edgar Buchanan.
Plot
Robin Hood's son (Cornel Wilde) returns to ...
'' (1946).
Reception
Reviews were positive.
See also
* ''
Black Arrow
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'' (1985)
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1948 films
American historical adventure films
1940s historical adventure films
American swashbuckler films
1940s English-language films
Columbia Pictures films
Films based on works by Robert Louis Stevenson
Films set in the 15th century
Films set in England
Films directed by Gordon Douglas
Films produced by Edward Small
Films based on adventure novels
American black-and-white films
Films scored by Paul Sawtell
1940s American films
Films with screenplays by Richard Schayer