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title: 'The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Rudolph Maté'
released: '1954-07-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-black-shield-of-falworth-1954'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046789/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)

1954 · 100 min · United States


## Synopsis

The Black Shield of Falworth is a 1954 American Technicolor adventure historical film film from Universal-International, produced by Robert Arthur and Melville Tucker and directed by Rudolph Maté. It stars Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, David Farrar, Herbert Marshall, and Torin Thatcher. The screenplay, set in Medieval England, was adapted by Oscar Brodney and is based on Howard Pyle's 1891 novel Men of Iron. The original music score was composed by Hans J. Salter although his name does not appear in the screen credits. The only musical notation is given as: "Music Supervision by Joseph Gershenson". Made Universal's music department head in 1940, Gershenson's name appeared on nearly every film made by that studio from 1949 to 1969.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Rudolph Maté](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolph-mate)
- **Screenplay:** [Oscar Brodney](https://cinepixo.com/people/oscar-brodney)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hans J. Salter](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-j-salter)
- **Producer:** [Robert Arthur](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-arthur-2)
- **Director of Photography:** [Irving Glassberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/irving-glassberg)
- **Editor:** [Ted J. Kent](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-j-kent)

## Cast

- [Rhys Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/rhys-williams)
- [Patrick O'Neal](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-o-neal)
- [Leonard Mudie](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-mudie)
- [Maurice Marsac](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-marsac)
- [Herbert Marshall](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-marshall)
- [Lance Fuller](https://cinepixo.com/people/lance-fuller)
- [David Farrar](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-farrar)
- [Craig Hill](https://cinepixo.com/people/craig-hill)
- [Tony Curtis](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-curtis)
- [Dan O'Herlihy](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-o-herlihy)
- [Doris Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/doris-lloyd)
- [Janet Leigh](https://cinepixo.com/people/janet-leigh)
- [Ian Keith](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-keith)
- [Torin Thatcher](https://cinepixo.com/people/torin-thatcher)
- [Barbara Rush](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-rush)

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