Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- Original title
- Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- Year
- 1984
- Running time
- 102 min.
- Country
United Kingdom
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Sean Connery
- Miles O'Keeffe
- Cyrielle Clair
- Leigh Lawson
- Trevor Howard
- Peter Cushing
- John Rhys-Davies
- Emma Sutton
- Douglas Wilmer
- Lila Kedrova
- Wilfrid Brambell
- John J. Carney
- David Rappaport
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Adventure. Fantasy. Romance | Medieval Fantasy. Sword and Sorcery
- Movie Groups
- King Arthur
- Synopsis
- Fans of Sean Connery who are curious to see him explore roles outside of his usual heroic characters may enjoy his robust turn as the mythic Green Knight in this 1982 British-made fantasy. Based loosely on the classic epic poem "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," Connery is quite a sight as the glittering green figure, who challenges young Gawain (Miles O'Keefe of Tarzan the Ape Man infamy), a squire in King Arthur's court, to solve his riddle or lose his head. O'Keefe is a stiff Gawain, and the film suffers under its low budget and awkward comic moments, but Connery and the rest of the cast (which includes Trevor Howard as Arthur, John Rhys-Davies, Lila Kedrova, and Peter Cushing) are game and provide sufficient star power to keep fantasy-adventure fans distracted from the film's shortcomings. Writer-director Weeks also directed a version of this story in 1973, with Murray Head of Jesus Christ Superstar fame as Gawain. (Paul Gaita: amazon.com)
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