The Spanish Sword
Encyclopedia
The Spanish Sword is a 1962 British
adventure film
directed by Ernest Morris
and starring Ronald Howard
, June Thorburn
and Nigel Green
. During the reign of Henry III
a rebellion breaks out.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
adventure film
Adventure film
Adventure films are a genre of film.Unlike pure, low-budget action films they often use their action scenes preferably to display and explore exotic locations in an energetic way....
directed by Ernest Morris
Ernest Morris
-Selected filmography:* Three Crooked Men * Night Train for Inverness * Three Spare Wives * What Every Woman Wants * The Spanish Sword * The Sicilians * Shadow of Fear...
and starring Ronald Howard
Ronald Howard (British actor)
Ronald Howard was an English actor and writer best known in the U.S. for starring in a weekly Sherlock Holmes television series in 1954. He was the son of actor Leslie Howard.- Life and work :...
, June Thorburn
June Thorburn
June Thorburn was a popular English actress whose career was cut short by her death in an air crash.-Early life:Thorburn was born in Karachi when the city was still in a non-independent India...
and Nigel Green
Nigel Green
Nigel Green was a South African-born English character actor. Because of his strapping build and commanding demeanour he would often be found playing military types and men of action in such classic sixties films as Jason and the Argonauts, Zulu, Tobruk and The Ipcress File.-Early life and...
. During the reign of Henry III
Henry III of England
Henry III was the son and successor of John as King of England, reigning for 56 years from 1216 until his death. His contemporaries knew him as Henry of Winchester. He was the first child king in England since the reign of Æthelred the Unready...
a rebellion breaks out.
Cast
- Ronald HowardRonald Howard (British actor)Ronald Howard was an English actor and writer best known in the U.S. for starring in a weekly Sherlock Holmes television series in 1954. He was the son of actor Leslie Howard.- Life and work :...
- Sir Richard Clovell - June ThorburnJune ThorburnJune Thorburn was a popular English actress whose career was cut short by her death in an air crash.-Early life:Thorburn was born in Karachi when the city was still in a non-independent India...
- Lady Eleanor - Nigel GreenNigel GreenNigel Green was a South African-born English character actor. Because of his strapping build and commanding demeanour he would often be found playing military types and men of action in such classic sixties films as Jason and the Argonauts, Zulu, Tobruk and The Ipcress File.-Early life and...
- Baron Breaute - Trader Faulkner - Philip
- Derrick SherwinDerrick SherwinDerrick Sherwin is a British television producer, writer, and actor. He is best known as the story editor and later producer of Doctor Who...
- Edmund - Robin HunterRobin HunterRobin Ian Hunter was an English actor, who was also a skilled and versatile performer and writer in the field of musicals, music hall and comedy.-Life and career:...
- Thomas of Exeter - Sheila Whittingham - Frances
- Barry Shawzin - Redbeard
- Garard GreenGarard GreenGarard Green was a British actor and commentator.Green was born in Madras, India in 1924 where his father was superintendent of the government press. When his father died in 1933 the family returned to the United Kingdom and Green finished his education at Watford Grammar School...
- Sergeant