The Scarlet Blade

IMDb link: 0056963
IMDb rating: 5.7 (773 votes)
Genres: Adventure, Drama, War, Romance, History
Director: Lionel Jeffries, John Gilling
Cast: Oliver Reed, June Thorburn, Jack Hedley and others

Release date: 1 Aug 1963
Release year: 1963
Runtime: 83 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Keywords: psychotronic film, 1640s, king charles i character, swashbuckler adventure, tavern, year 1648, rock with note thrown through window, brother sister relationship, english civil war, evil wins in the end

Plot:

This historical adventure is set during the English Civil War. When King Charles I is captured by Roundhead forces led by the tyrant Colonel Judd and his right-hand man Captain Sylvester, it is up to a band of locals loyal to the King to try and rescue him. They are helped by Judd's daughter Claire who secretly helps them in defiance of her father.

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