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Prince Valiant Overview:

Prince Valiant (1954) was a Action - Adventure Film directed by Henry Hathaway and produced by Robert L. Jacks.

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Prince Valiant Quotes:

Sir Gawain: The truth hurts sometimes, but it's the only thing to build happiness on.
Sir Brack: Traitor is a word that winners give to losers.
Sir Gawain: You were a young fool. But I was an old fool, which is worse.
King Luke: What's wrong with Sir Brack? His blood is as good as Arthur's!
Princess Aleta: And he never lets us forget it as his own father apparently did.
Prince Valiant: I called you a traitor when you delivered me into Sligon's hands and now I say it again - traitor!
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Prince Valiant Facts
Robert Wagner writes in his memoirs that he was miscast in this film.
Since Prince Valiant's storyline in the comics was so sprawling and complex, the property is said to have languished at MGM where no one could get a handle on it. When MGM eventually passed, Fox picked it up. There, Oscar-winning screenwriter, Dudley Nichols, devised a script by selecting panels from the comic strip to create a much more concise storyboard from which to work.
The average shot length of this film is about 7 seconds. This is fast for an early CinemaScope film, and is low given the 8 - 11 second average of most Hollywood films made between 1930 and 1960.
Primo Carnera, who played Sligon, had such a thick Italian accent that his voice was dubbed.
Alnwick Castle in Northumberland served as Camelot in all of the master shots while Warwick Castle was used for the main gate and courtyard. Although Alnwick is brown sandstone and Warwick is pale grey stone, carefully placed cameras and lighting masked the difference in shadows.
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