The Flame and the Arrow (1950)


The Flame and the Arrow
Release Date09 July 1950
GenreAction, Adventure, Romance
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsCorriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassFantasy Adventure, Swashbuckler, Costume Adventure
Niche GenreHistorical Film
ThemesKidnapping, Heroic Mission, Righting the Wronged
TonesStylized, Forceful, Gritty
TagsAcrobat, Against All Odds, Bad Guy, Death Penalty, Good Guy, Hostage, Imprisonment, Rebel, Rescue, Romance, Smuggling, Swashbuckler, Warlord

The Flame and the Arrow is a 1950 American adventure film made by Warner Bros. and starring Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo and Nick Cravat. It was directed by Jacques Tourneur and produced by Harold Hecht and Frank Ross from a screenplay by Waldo Salt. The music score was by Max Steiner and the cinematography by Ernest Haller. The film was shot in Technicolor.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Dardo Bartoli

Anne de Hesse

Marchese Alessandro de Granazia

Nonna Bartoli

Frank Allenby
Count Ulrich aka The Hawk

Piccolo

Francesca

Gordon Gebert
Rudi Bartoli, Dardo's Son

Apollo, the Troubador

Francis Pierlot
Papa Pietro

Robin Hughes
Skinner

Apothecary Mazzoni

Players' Impressario, Court Announcer, Arturo of Milan

Undetermined Role

Yvonne Doughty
Peasant Wench

Sam Harris
Hessian Hoble

Ethan Laidlaw
One of Ulric's Soldiers

Norman Leavitt
Tied Up Palace Guard

Townsman

Phillip Pine
One of Dardo's Band

Hessian noble

Director

Producer

Waldo Salt
written by

Harold Hecht
producer

producer

Norman Deming
associate producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Editor

Alan Crosland Jr.
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Art Director

Edward Carrere
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Set Decorator

Lyle B. Reifsnider
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Makeup Department

Perc Westmore
makeup artist

Gordon Bau
makeup artist

Fay Hanon
hair stylist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Frank Mattison
assistant director

Sound Department

Francis J. Scheid
sound

Stunts

Duke Green
stunts

Bob Herron
stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

Paul Butner
gaffer

E.F. Dexter
grip

Mac Julian
still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Marjorie Best
wardrober

Music Department

Murray Cutter
orchestrator

conductor

Other Crew

Meta Carpenter
script supervisor

Production Company

Norma-F.R. Productions
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Warner Bros. Pictures
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Distributor

Warner Bros. Pictures

Warner Bros. Finland

Warner Bros.

Yleisradio (YLE)

Warner-Columbia Films

CBS Television

Warner Home Video
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Films directed by Jacques Tourneur
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Days of Glory (1944)
Easy Living (1949)
Nightfall (1957)
The Flame and the Arrow
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