Rent The Scarlet Blade (1963)
3.0 of 5 from 57 ratings
1h 26min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- In 1648 during the height of the English Civil War, the deposed King Charles I has been forced into hiding. When round headed forces led by the fearsome Col Judd (Lionel Jeffries) and Capt. Tom Sylvester (Oliver Reed) capture the King it seems like there is no hope for his loyal supporters. However, so fierce is their belief and servitude that an unlikely group of loyal supporters led by The Scarlet Blade (Jack Hedley) band together to try and rescue their King.
- Actors:
- Lionel Jeffries, Oliver Reed, Jack Hedley, June Thorburn, Michael Ripper, Harold Goldblatt, Duncan Lamont, Clifford Elkin, Suzan Farmer, John Harvey, Charles Houston, Douglas Blackwell, Wallace Bosco, Bill Brandon, Michael Byrne, Eric Corrie, Peter Diamond, Leslie Glazer, Fred Haggerty, Denis Holmes
- Directors:
- John Gilling
- Producers:
- Anthony Nelson-Keys
- Writers:
- John Gilling
- Others:
- Jack Asher
- Aka:
- The Crimson Blade
- Studio:
- StudioCanal
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- That's All Fawkes! Top 10 Films Set in the Stuart Era, Top Films
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 30/03/2020
- Run Time:
- 87 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Two presentations of the film: 'The Scarlet Blade', and 'The Crimson Blade', with the alternative US titles
- Audio commentary with film historian Kevin Lyons (2020)
- Hammer's Women: June Thorburn (2020): profile of the Hammer star by film historian Josephine Botting
- Stephen Laws Introduces 'The Scarlet Blade' (2020): an appreciation by the acclaimed horror author
- Interviews with Hugh Harlow and Pauline Wise (2020): the second assistant director and continuity person discuss the making of 'The Scarlet Blade'
- Almost an Auteur (2020): horror author and critic Kim Newman on the eclectic career of writer-director John Gilling
- David Huckvale on Gary Hughes (2020): appreciation of the film's score by the author of Hammer Film Scores and the Musical Avant-Garde
- Original US theatrical trailer
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials
- World premiere on Blu-ray
