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Knights of the Round Table (1953) Facts
| Director(s) | Richard Thorpe |
| Producer(s) | Pandro S. Berman |
| Featured Cast | Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer, Stanley Baker, Felix Aylmer |
| Total Facts | 7 |
'Miklos Rosza' lifted liberally from his own work for this film when he later composed the score for Ben-Hur.
Stanley Baker was cast at very short notice after the actor first cast had to be replaced.
Anne Crawford, who plays Morgan Le Fay, was only 7 years and 3 months older than Stanley Baker, who plays her son Modred.
Average Shot Length (ASL) = 8 seconds (quite fast for an early CinemaScope film)
Britain's first CinemaScope production, and also its first widescreen feature.
First MGM to be shot in CinemaScope.
The first film in CinemaScope which was not produced by 20th Century-Fox.