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The Black Rose

- An adventure that will blaze... A love that will flame... 'till the stars grow cold...

In the 13th century, Walter of Gurnie, a disinherited Saxon youth, is forced to flee England. With his friend, Tristram, he falls in with the army of the fierce but avuncular General Bayan, and journeys all the way to China, where both men become involved in intrigues in the court of Kublai Khan.

Release Date : 1950-09-01

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : 20th Century Fox

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Walter of Gurnie

Original Name : Tyrone Power

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bayan

Original Name : Orson Welles

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maryam

Original Name : Cécile Aubry

Gender : Female

Character Name : Tristram Griffin

Original Name : Jack Hawkins

Gender : Male

Character Name : King Edward

Original Name : Michael Rennie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alfgar

Original Name : Finlay Currie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Anthemus

Original Name : Herbert Lom

Gender : Male

Character Name : Countess Eleanor of Lessford

Original Name : Mary Clare

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mahmoud

Original Name : Robert Blake

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lu Chung

Original Name : Alfonso Bedoya

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wilderkin

Original Name : Gibb McLaughlin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Simeon Beautrie

Original Name : James Robertson Justice

Gender : Male

Character Name : Edmond

Original Name : Laurence Harvey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Friar Roger Bacon

Original Name : Henry Oscar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lu Chung (voice)

Original Name : Peter Sellers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Harry

Original Name : Torin Thatcher

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-09-08

This is my kind of film! A good old Robin Hood style adventure yarn with Tyrone Power on decent form as the dashing "Walter of Gurnie". He falls foul of the new Norman hierarchy in England and so with his skilful archer friend "Tris" (Jack Hawkins) signs up with the formidable warrior "Bayan" (a wonderfully hammy Orson Welles) and heads off for some escapades that take the two to the glitter court of Kublai Khan where they hope to make their fortune. It's not a great film, this, no - the plot is an hybrid of loads of other stories, but the cast are clearly having fun here and I found it rather contagious. There are intrigues a-plenty, with plenty of arrows whistling about and a gently simmering romance with "Maryam" (Cécile Aubry) keeping it ticking over too. It is far, far, too long - indeed at times it comes across as just a bit too episodic but there is a degree of entertaining chemistry between Power and Hawkins and a solid supporting cast of familiar faces to keep the swash buckling. Henry Hathaway does manage to get everyone pulling in the same direction, it's a colourful and jolly romp through English history with some Oscar winning costume design, a jolly score from Richard Addinsell and messy and derivative as it is, I still rather enjoyed it.