Produced for cable TV by The Disney Channel,
The Black Arrow is based on the classic Robert Louis Stevenson adventure tale.
Stephen Chase plays the title character, a dogooding swashbuckler who tries to avenge his father's murder during the War of the Roses. Though Chase carries the bulk of the action, top billing is bestowed upon the film's villains,
Oliver Reed (as Sir Daniel Brackley) and
Fernando Rey (as the Earl of Warwick). The Stevenson original was previously adapted for the screen in 1948, with
Louis Hayward in the lead. Black Arrow made its TV debut on January 6, 1985. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide