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Prince Valiant is a american film of genre Action directed by Henry Hathaway released in USA on 5 april 1954 with James Mason
Prince Valiant (1954)
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Add to a movie listPrince Valiant is a 1954 adventure film in Technicolor and Cinemascope, based on the comic strip of the same name by Hal Foster. A young man seeks to join the Knights of the Round Table in order to restore his father to his own kingship, and uncovers a plot against King Arthur.
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The story begins with the recounting of the forced exile which has befallen the Christian royal family of the Viking kingdom of Scandia - King Aguar (Donald Crisp), his wife, and his son Prince Valiant (Robert Wagner) - by the Viking rebels led by the usurper Sligon (Primo Carnera), a worshipper of the old Norse god pantheon. Aguar has since come under the protection of King Arthur (Brian Aherne), and once Valiant has grown to a man, he is sent to Camelot to undergo training as a knight under the tutelage of Aguar's family friend, the noble knight of the Round Table, Sir Gawain (Sterling Hayden).Actors
James Mason
(Sir Brack)
Janet Leigh
(Princess Aleta)
Robert Wagner
(Prince Valiant)
Debra Paget
(Ilene)
Sterling Hayden
(Sir Gawain)
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