The Scarlet Blade
(1963)
Written and directed
by John Gilling this film stars Lionel Jeffries, Oliver Reed, Jack
Hedley and June Thorburn. During the English Civil War King Charles I
is captured and his allies try to rescue him with the help of several
insiders.
There is not much
thought put into this film and some of the ideas of “freedom”
involving protecting the divine right of kings does not really make
sense. As an action film this is not too bad but there is not a ton
of plot to this 83 minute film. The highlight of the film is seeing a
young Oliver Reed but the image quality is pretty poor here and it's
clear the film was made fairly cheaply.
2/5
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