---
title: 'The Flame and the Arrow (1950)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jacques Tourneur'
released: '1950-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 85
genres:
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-flame-and-the-arrow-1950'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042464/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Flame and the Arrow (1950)

1950 · 85 min · Adventure · United States


## Synopsis

The Flame and the Arrow is a 1950 American Technicolor historical adventure film released by Warner Bros. Pictures and starring Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo and Nick Cravat. It was directed by Jacques Tourneur and produced by Harold Hecht and Frank Ross from a screenplay by Waldo Salt. The music score was written by Max Steiner and the cinematography was led by Ernest Haller.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jacques Tourneur](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-tourneur)
- **Screenplay:** [Waldo Salt](https://cinepixo.com/people/waldo-salt)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Max Steiner](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-steiner)
- **Producer:** [Harold Hecht](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-hecht), [Frank Ross](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-ross)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ernest Haller](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-haller)
- **Editor:** [Alan Crosland Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-crosland-jr)

## Cast

- [John George](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-george)
- [Philo McCullough](https://cinepixo.com/people/philo-mccullough)
- [Ethan Laidlaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/ethan-laidlaw)
- [Burt Lancaster](https://cinepixo.com/people/burt-lancaster) as Dardo Bartoli
- [Francis Pierlot](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-pierlot) as Papa Pietro Bartoli
- [Nick Cravat](https://cinepixo.com/people/nick-cravat) as Piccolo
- [Virginia Mayo](https://cinepixo.com/people/virginia-mayo) as Anne de Hesse
- [Richard Farnsworth](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-farnsworth)
- [Terry Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/terry-wilson)
- [Aline MacMahon](https://cinepixo.com/people/aline-macmahon) as Nonna Bartoli
- [Victor Kilian](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-kilian) as Apothecary Mazzoni
- [Frank McGrath](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-mcgrath)
- [Robert Douglas](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-douglas) as Marchese Alessandro de Granazia
- [Leon Belasco](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-belasco)
- [Norman Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-lloyd) as Apollo, the troubadour

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