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Ivanhoe (31-Jul-1952)

Director: Richard Thorpe

Writers: Noel Langley; Aeneas MacKenzie

From novel: Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott

Music by: Miklos Rozsa

Producer: Pandro S.Berman

Keywords: Drama

Returning from the Crusades, King Richard of England is captured and held prisoner by King Leopold of Austria. The king's brother and regent, Prince John, is in no hurry to give up the throne, so it is up to Saxon knight Wilfrid of Ivanhoe to assume the onus of raising Richard's ransom. Received Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Cinematography, and Best Dramatic Score.

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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Felix Aylmer
Actor
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Sebastian Cabot
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Finlay Currie
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Francis De Wolff
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Joan Fontaine
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Megs Jenkins
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Guy Rolfe
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George Sanders
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Basil Sydney
Actor
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Elizabeth Taylor
Actor
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Robert Taylor
Actor
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Emlyn Williams
Playwright
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Norman Wooland
Actor
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CAST

Starring
Robert Taylor   ...   Ivanhoe
Elizabeth Taylor   ...   Rebecca
Joan Fontaine   ...   Rowena
George Sanders   ...   De Bois-Guilbert
Emlyn Williams   ...   Wamba
With
Robert Douglas   ...   Sir Hugh De Bracy
Finlay Currie   ...   Cedric
Felix Aylmer   ...   Isaac
Francis De Wolff   ...   Front De Boeuf
Norman Wooland   ...   King Richard
Basil Sydney   ...   Waldemar Fitzurse
and
Guy Rolfe   ...   Prince John
Harold Warrender   ...   Locksley
Patrick Holt   ...   Philip De Malvoisin
Roderick Lovell   ...   Ralph De Vipont
Sebastian Cabot   ...   Clerk of Copmanhurst
John Ruddock   ...   Hundebert
Michael Brennan   ...   Baldwin
Megs Jenkins   ...   Servant to Isaac
Valentine Dyall   ...   Norman Guard
Lionel Harris   ...   Roger of Bermondsley
Carl Jaffe   ...   Austrian Monk

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