| A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | |
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| Directed by | Tay Garnett |
| Produced by | Robert Fellows |
| Written by | Mark Twain (novel) Edmund Beloin |
| Starring | Bing Crosby Rhonda Fleming Sir Cedric Hardwicke William Bendix |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | April 22, 1949 |
| Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is a 1949 musical comedy film (though produced in early 1948) adaptation of the Mark Twain novel of the same name that was distributed by Paramount Pictures.
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Hank Martin (Bing Crosby), an American mechanic, is knocked out and wakes up in the land of King Arthur. Here he finds romance with Alisande la Carteloise (Rhonda Fleming) and friendship with Sir Sagramore (William Bendix).
Unfortunately, the heroic Hank also incurs the hatred of both Merlin (Murvyn Vye) and Morgan le Fay (Virginia Field). While Hank persuades King Arthur, played by Sir Cedric Hardwicke as a semi-perpetual, cold-in-the-nose invalid, to tour his kingdom in disguise to see the true, wretched condition of his subjects, Merlin and Morgan plot to usurp his throne. When Hank tries to stop them, he is returned to his own time.
Heartsick over losing the woman he loves, he goes on a tour of a British castle. Its owner, Lord Pendragon (Hardwicke again), sends him to see his niece, who looks just like Alisande.
All music by Jimmy Van Heusen, lyrics by Johnny Burke. The orchestral score was written by longtime Paramount staff composer Victor Young, who also conducted the orchestra for many of Crosby's Decca Records recordings.
The film was nominated for AFI's Top 10 Fantasy Films list.[1]
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