The Scarlet Blade

For other uses, see Scarlet Blade.

The Scarlet Blade
Poster with the US title
Directed byJohn Gilling
Screenplay byJohn Gilling
Produced byAnthony Nelson Keys
StarringLionel Jeffries
Oliver Reed
Jack Hedley
June Thorburn
CinematographyJack Asher
Edited byJohn Dunsford
Music byGary Hughes
Production
companies
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release dates
  • 28 July 1963 (1963-07-28)
  • UK (UK)
  • 22 March 1964 (1964-03-22)
  • US (US)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Scarlet Blade (released in the United States as The Crimson Blade, but with the dialogue unchanged) is a 1963 British adventure film written and directed by John Gilling and starring Lionel Jeffries, Oliver Reed, Jack Hedley and June Thorburn.[1]

It is a period drama set during the English Civil War,[2] a genre not usually approached by Hammer films of that time.[3]

  1. ^ "The Scarlet Blade (1963) | BFI". 9 March 2016. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  2. ^ Kinsey, Wayne (2002). Hammer Films: The Bray Studio Years. Reynolds & Hearn. ISBN 978-1-903111-44-4.
  3. ^ Fryer, Ian (7 November 2017). The British Horror Film: From the Silent to the Multiplex. Fonthill Media.