Directed by:
Henry HathawayScreenplay:
Dudley NicholsCinematography:
Lucien BallardComposer:
Franz WaxmanCast:
James Mason, Janet Leigh, Robert Wagner, Debra Paget, Sterling Hayden, Victor McLaglen, Donald Crisp, Basil Ruysdael, Brian Aherne, Barry Jones, Mary Philips (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Overthrown and driven into exile, the king of Scandia has fled to Britain with his wife and son, Prince Valiant (Wagner). As a young man, Val hoes to King Arthur's court, where he is befriended by Sir Gawain (sterling Hayden) and trains to be become a knight of the round table. Val also falls in love with a beautiful princess (Leigh) and faces the treachery of the mysterious Black Knight, who is scheming to betray Val's family. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![James Mason](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/211/164211043_7f296e.jpg)
James Mason
UK
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Julius Caesar (1953)
![Janet Leigh](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267522_6f78d2.jpg)
Janet Leigh
USA
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Little Women (1949)
![Robert Wagner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271892_602d11.jpg)
Robert Wagner
USA
Best movies:
The Towering Inferno (1974)
The Longest Day (1962)
The Road to Santiago (1999) (series)
![Debra Paget](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/313/313179_a78c6e.jpg)
Debra Paget
USA
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
White Feather (1955)
House of Strangers (1949)
![Sterling Hayden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/570/164570668_8c2e9a.jpg)
Sterling Hayden
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (TV movie)
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather (1972)
![Victor McLaglen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/339/164339893_8f202c.png)
Victor McLaglen
UK
Best movies:
The Unholy Three (1925)
The Informer (1935)
Dishonored (1931)
![Donald Crisp](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/348/164348302_4868f8.jpg)
Donald Crisp
UK
Best movies:
The Viking (1928)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
![Basil Ruysdael](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/445/159445222_f715f0.jpg)
Basil Ruysdael
USA
Best movies:
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
Colorado Territory (1949)
Carrie (1952)
![Brian Aherne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271489_5a951a.jpg)
Brian Aherne
UK
Best movies:
Juarez (1939)
Underground (1928)
I Confess (1953)
![Barry Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/479/161479175_c4b11f.jpg)
Barry Jones
UK
Best movies:
Plymouth Adventure (1952)
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
War and Peace (1956)
Mary Philips
USA
Best movies:
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
A Farewell to Arms (1932)
That Certain Woman (1937)
![Howard Wendell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/121/161121177_5b791e.jpg)
Howard Wendell
USA
Best movies:
The Big Heat (1953)
The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
![Tom Conway](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/400/400516_ca6eb1.jpg)
Tom Conway
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Two O'Clock Courage (1945)
![Neville Brand](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247400_905051.jpg)
Neville Brand
USA
Best movies:
Stalag 17 (1953)
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
![Michael Rennie](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/628/162628275_e1c84a.jpg)
Michael Rennie
UK
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966)
![Gene Roth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/619/160619247_6286a2.jpg)
Gene Roth
USA
Best movies:
Westward the Women (1951)
Arch of Triumph (1948)
Brute Force (1947)
![Ben Wright](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/634/158634042_853ac9.jpg)
Ben Wright
UK
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
My Fair Lady (1964)
![Hal Baylor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000196_1bf136.jpg)
Hal Baylor
USA
Best movies:
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
The Set-Up (1949)
The Young Lions (1958)
![Robert Adler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/880/162880629_2b0755.jpg)
Robert Adler
USA
Best movies:
The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
Ten North Frederick (1958)
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
![Richard Webb](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/352/159352261_df60a4.jpg)
Richard Webb
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Out of the Past (1947)
Hold Back the Dawn (1941)