The Gallant Blade (1948)
The Greatest Swordsman in France! The boldest lover in Paris!
Larry Parks in a Cinecolor swashbuckler.
- Date of release
- 1948-10-12
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Romance
- Director
- Henry Levin
Casting
- Larry Parks — Lt. David Picard
- Marguerite Chapman — Nanon de Lartigues
- Victor Jory — Marshal of France Mordore
- George Macready — Gen. Cadeau
- Edith King — Mme. Chauvignac
- Michael Duane — Cpl. Paul Brissac
- Onslow Stevens — Gen. de la Garance
- Peter Brocco — Sgt. Jacques
- Ross Ford — Henri
- Fred F. Sears — Lawrence
- Nedrick Young — Sgt. Martine
- Wilton Graff — Duc d'Orleans
Interesting facts
The Gallant Blade is a 1948 American Cinecolor adventure film directed by Henry Levin and starring Larry Parks.
Production
Columbia announced in 1945 they would make The Gallant Blade based on a short story by Alexandre Dumas. It was to be a follow-up to The Fighting Guardsman. It was part of a boom in swashbuckling pictures in 1945.
The film was not made immediately. In 1947 Irving Starr was announced as producer and Charles Vidor as director. Then Vidor was replaced by Henry Levin. Larry Parks was signed to star. He had just made a swashbuckler for Columbia, The Swordsman, then initiated legal proceedings against the studio in July to get out of this contract with them.
Filming started 1 December 1947. It was also known as The Gay Blade.
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