The Scarlet Blade

The Scarlet Blade
Poster with the US title
Directed by	John Gilling
Produced by	Anthony Nelson Keys
Written by	John Gilling
Starring	Jack Hedley Lionel Jeffries Oliver Reed June Thorburn
Music by	Gary Hughes
Cinematography	Jack Asher
Edited by	John Dunsford
Production company	Hammer Films
Distributed by	Warner-Pathé (UK) Columbia Pictures (USA)
Release date	September 1963 (1963-09) (UK) March 1964 (1964-03) (USA)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Scarlet Blade (released in the United States as The Crimson Blade) is a 1963 British adventure film directed by John Gilling for Hammer Film Productions.

It is a period drama set during the English Civil War and stars Oliver Reed and Lionel Jeffries.

Plot summary

When King Charles I is captured by Roundhead forces led by the tyrant Colonel Judd and his right-hand man Captain Sylvester. It is up to a band of locals loyal to the King to try to rescue him. They are helped by Judd's daughter Claire who secretly helps them in defiance of her father.

Main cast

Lionel Jeffries as Colonel Judd
Oliver Reed as Captain Tom Sylvester
Jack Hedley as Edward Beverley, the Scarlet Blade
Robert Rietti as King Charles I
June Thorburn as Claire Judd
Michael Ripper as Pablo
Harold Goldblatt as Jacob
Duncan Lamont as Major Bell
Clifford Elkin as Philip Beverley
Suzan Farmer as Constance Beverley
John Harvey as Sergeant Grey
Charles Houston as Drury

External links

The Scarlet Blade in the British Film Institute's "Explore film..." database
The Scarlet Blade on IMDb

Films directed by John Gilling

Escape from Broadmoor (1948)
A Matter of Murder (1949)
No Trace (1950)
The Quiet Woman (1951)
The Frightened Man (1952)
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952)
The Voice of Merrill (1952)
Deadly Nightshade (1953)
Recoil (1953)
Escape by Night (1953)
Three Steps to the Gallows (1953)
Destination Milan (1954) (Compilation of three episodes of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Presents television series)
Double Exposure (1954)
The Embezzler (1954)
The Gilded Cage (1955)
Tiger by the Tail (1955)
Odongo (1956)
The Gamma People (1956)
Interpol (1957)
High Flight (1957)
The Man Inside (1958)
Idol on Parade (1959)
The Bandit of Zhobe (1959)
The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
The Challenge (1960)
Fury at Smugglers' Bay (1961)
The Shadow of the Cat (1961)
The Pirates of Blood River (1962)
Panic (1963)
The Scarlet Blade (1964 )
The Brigand of Kandahar (1965)
The Night Caller (1965)
Where the Bullets Fly (1966)
The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
The Reptile (1966)
The Mummy's Shroud (1967)
La cruz del diablo (1975)

Hammer Film Productions films

by series

Dracula films	Dracula (1958) The Brides of Dracula (1960) Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) Scars of Dracula (1970) Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)
Frankenstein films	The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) The Horror of Frankenstein (1970) Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
Mummy films	The Mummy (1959) The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964) The Mummy's Shroud (1967) Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971)
The Karnstein Trilogy	The Vampire Lovers (1970) Lust for a Vampire (1971) Twins of Evil (1971)
Dick Barton films	Dick Barton: Special Agent (1948) Dick Barton Strikes Back (1949) Dick Barton at Bay (1950)
Quatermass films	The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) Quatermass 2 (1957) Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
Robin Hood films	The Men of Sherwood Forest (1954) Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960) A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967)
On the Buses films	On the Buses (1971) Mutiny on the Buses (1972) Holiday on the Buses (1973)
The Woman in Black films	The Woman in Black (2012) The Woman in Black: Angel of Death (2014)
See also	Hammer filmography

by genre

Gothic horror films	The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960) The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) The Shadow of the Cat (1961) The Phantom of the Opera (1962) The Kiss of the Vampire (1963) The Gorgon (1964) Rasputin the Mad Monk (1966) The Plague of the Zombies (1966) The Reptile (1966) The Witches (1966) The Devil Rides Out (1968) Hands of the Ripper (1971) Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971) Countess Dracula (1971) Vampire Circus (1972) Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter (1974) To the Devil a Daughter (1976)
Horror films	The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (1935) Demons of the Mind (1972) Beyond the Rave (2008) Let Me In (2010) Wake Wood (2011) The Quiet Ones (2014)
Thriller films	The Man in Black (1949) The Black Widow (1951) The Snorkel (1958) Hell Is a City (1960) The Full Treatment (1960) Taste of Fear (1961) Cash on Demand (1961) Maniac (1963) Paranoiac (1963) Nightmare (1964) Fanatic (1965) Hysteria (1965) The Nanny (1965) Crescendo (1970) Straight On till Morning (1972) Fear in the Night (1972)
Science fiction films	Four Sided Triangle (1953) Spaceways (1953) X the Unknown (1956) The Abominable Snowman (1957) The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959) The Damned (1963) The Lost Continent (1968) Moon Zero Two (1969)
Mystery films	Death in High Heels (1947) Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress (1949) The Rossiter Case (1951) Whispering Smith Hits London (1952) Lady in the Fog (1952) Mantrap (1953) The Saint's Return (1953) Blood Orange (1953) The Glass Cage (1955) The Lady Vanishes (1979)
Crime drama films	Cloudburst (1951) The Last Page (1952) Wings of Danger (1952) Stolen Face (1952) The Gambler and the Lady (1953) The Flanagan Boy (1953) 36 Hours (1953) Face the Music (1954) The House Across the Lake (1954) Murder by Proxy (1954) Five Days (1954) A Stranger Came Home (1954) Third Party Risk (1954) Women Without Men (1956)
Drama films	Song of Freedom (1936) Never Look Back (1952) Mask of Dust (1954) Break in the Circle (1955) Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960) Captain Clegg (1962) Man at the Top (1973) The Resident (2011)
Action films	Ten Seconds to Hell (1959) The Stranglers of Bombay (1959) The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964) Shatter (1974)
Adventure films	The Jack of Diamonds (1949) Passport to China (1961) The Terror of the Tongs (1961) The Pirates of Blood River (1962) The Scarlet Blade (1963) The Brigand of Kandahar (1965) She (1965) One Million Years B.C. (1966) Prehistoric Women (1967) The Viking Queen (1967) The Vengeance of She (1968) When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970) Creatures the World Forgot (1971)
Comedy films	The Public Life of Henry the Ninth (1935) Sporting Love (1936) The Lady Craved Excitement (1950) Someone at the Door (1950) What the Butler Saw (1950) Life with the Lyons (1954) The Lyons in Paris (1955) Up the Creek (1958) I Only Arsked! (1958) Further Up the Creek (1958) Don't Panic Chaps! (1959) The Ugly Duckling (1959) Watch it, Sailor! (1961) A Weekend with Lulu (1961) The Old Dark House (1963) The Anniversary (1968) That's Your Funeral (1972) Love Thy Neighbour (1973)
War films	The Steel Bayonet (1957) The Camp on Blood Island (1958) Yesterday's Enemy (1959) The Secret of Blood Island (1964)
See also	Hammer filmography

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