The Black Knight (film)

The Black Knight
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTay Garnett
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJohn Wilcox
Edited byGordon Pilkington
Music byJohn Addison
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • 28 October 1954 (1954-10-28)
Running time
85 minutes
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1 million (approx)
Box office$1.3 million (US)

The Black Knight is a 1954 British-American Technicolor medieval adventure film directed by Tay Garnett and starring Alan Ladd as the title character and Peter Cushing and Patrick Troughton as two conspirators attempting to overthrow King Arthur. It is the last of Ladd's trilogy with Warwick Films, the others being The Red Beret and Hell Below Zero based on Hammond Innes' book The White South.