THE FLAME AND THE ARROW (1950) ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢
D: Jacques Tourneur
Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo, Robert Douglas,
Nick Cravat, Aline McMahon, Norman Lloyd
"Robin Hood" transplanted to the mountains and forests of Northern Italy. A gleefully energetic costume adventure with a bracing Max Steiner musical score, obviously designed to showcase the acrobatic talents and gleaming teeth of its star. Nick Cravat (the one who doesn't talk) was Lancaster's partner in the circus before Burt got into movies.
Norman Lloyd
(1914-2021)
