The Adventures of Quentin Durward

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The Adventures of Quentin Durward

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Directed by Richard Thorpe
Produced by Pandro S. Berman
Written by Sir Walter Scott(novel)
Robert Ardrey
George Froeschel
Starring Robert Taylor
Kay Kendall
Robert Morley
George Cole
Alec Clunes
Duncan Lamont
Music by Bronislau Kaper
Cinematography Christopher Challis
Editing by Ernest Walter
Distributed by MGM
Release date(s) 1955
Running time 101 min
Language English
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The Adventures of Quentin Durward, known also as Quentin Durward, is a 1955 historical film made by MGM. It was directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Pandro S. Berman. The screenplay was by by Robert Ardrey, adaptated by George Froeschel, from the novel Quentin Durward by Sir Walter Scott.

The film was the third in an unofficial trilogy made by the same director and producer and starring Robert Taylor. The first two were Ivanhoe (1952) and Knights of the Round Table (1953). All three were made at MGM's British Studios at Elstree, near London. The film had the distinction of a soundtrack composed by studio music mainstay Bronislau Kaper rather than Miklos Rozsa, who was busy on other projects at the time the film was ready for scoring.

The film was the first big-budget film for the English comedienne Kay Kendall, and it featured a large contingent of distinguished British players, including Robert Morley, George Cole, Alec Clunes, Duncan Lamont, Marius Goring, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Eric Pohlmann, Harcourt Williams, Michael Goodliffe, Nicholas Hannen, Moultrie Kelsall and Ernest Thesiger.

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