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The Flame and the Arrow
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Synopsis
The first of actor Burt Lancaster's filmic associations with partner Harold Hecht, The Flame and the Arrow finds Lancaster cast as Dardo, an Italian Robin Hood battling the occupying Hessian troops. Dardo's stake in the matter becomes personal when his former wife Francesca (Lynne Baggett) moves in with Hessian leader Allenby (Robert Douglas). Francesca demands that the Hessians reclaim her son from Dardo; in retaliation, Dardo kidnaps Anne (Virginia Mayo), Allenby's niece. Allenby responds to this by taking several locals as hostages. This can't go on forever, so Dardo surrenders to Allenby and resigns himself to be hanged. Dardo's cronies, an acrobatic troupe headed by Nick Cravat (Lancaster's former circus partner and lifelong crony), rescue all the good people and wipe out the bad. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Frank Allenby Ulrich
Lynne Baggett Francesca
Nick Cravat Piccolo
Robert Douglas Alessandro
Gordon Geberl Rudi
Robin Hughes Skinner
Victor Kilian Apothecary
Aline MacMahon Nonna Bartoli
Virginia Mayo Anne
Francis Pierlot Papa Pietro
Burt Lancaster Dardo
Burt Lancaster Dardo the Arrow
Norman Lloyd Troubadour

Production Crew

Edward Carrere Art Director
Ernest Haller Cinematographer
Max Steiner Composer (Music Score)
Jacques Tourneur Director
Alan Crosland, Jr. Editor
Frank Ross Producer
Harold Hecht Producer
Waldo Salt Screenwriter
Year: 1950
Runtime: 88
Country: USA
MPAA Rating:
Category: Feature


Produced by
Warner Brothers