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The Flame and the Arrow

1950 · 88 min

A lively, colourful swashbuckler full of acrobatic stunts, playful banter and a rousing sense of adventure.

Tagline
All the adventure a man can live, he lives.
Overview
Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as their headquarters as they conduct an insurgency against their Hessian conquerors.
In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • rebellion
  • freedom
  • justice
  • betrayal
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror0
Humour6
Realism4
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
adventure, history
Directed by
Jacques Tourneur
Written by
Waldo Salt
Starring
Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo, Robert Douglas, Aline MacMahon, Frank Allenby, Nick Cravat, Lynn Baggett, Gordon Gebert
Music
Max Steiner
Cinematography
Ernest Haller
Runtime
88 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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