| The Flame and the Arrow | |
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| Directed by | Jacques Tourneur |
| Written by | Waldo Salt |
| Produced by | Harold Hecht Frank Ross |
| Starring | Burt Lancaster Virginia Mayo |
| Cinematography | Ernest Haller |
| Edited by | Alan Crosland Jr. |
| Music by | Max Steiner |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,608,000[1][2] |
| Box office | $5,626,000[1] |
Virginia Mayo in The Flame and the Arrow (1950)
The Flame and the Arrow is a 1950 American Technicolor swashbuckler film made by Warner Bros. and starring Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo and Nick Cravat. It was directed by Jacques Tourneur and produced by Harold Hecht and Frank Ross from a screenplay by Waldo Salt. The music score was by Max Steiner and the cinematography by Ernest Haller.
During the 23rd Academy Awards for the films from 1950, it was nominated for Best Cinematography (Color) for Ernest Haller though the award went to Robert Surtees for King Solomon's Mines. A second nomination for the film for Best Musical Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture was received by Max Steiner. Still, the award went to Franz Waxman for Sunset Boulevard.
- ^ a b Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 30 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
- ^ Kate Buford, Burt Lancaster: An American Life, Da Capo 2000 p 103