
Ivanhoe(1952)
Sir Walter Scott's classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in the fight against Prince John and for the return of King Richard the Lionheart.


“All the adventure a man can live, he lives.”
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.

Burt Lancaster
Dardo Bartoli

Virginia Mayo
Anne de Hesse

Robert Douglas
Marchese Alessandro de Granazia

Aline MacMahon
Nonna Bartoli

Frank Allenby
Count 'The Hawk' Ulrich

Nick Cravat
Piccolo

Lynn Baggett
Francesca

Gordon Gebert
Rudi Bartoli, Dardo's Son

Norman Lloyd
Apollo, the Troubador

Victor Kilian
Apothecary Mazzoni
The Flame and the Arrow is a adventure, history film released in 1950 exploring themes of rescue, rebel, niece, battle, 12th century, lombardy. Directed by Jacques Tourneur, it stars Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo, Robert Douglas. 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.
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