The Viking Queen

The Viking Queen
UK quad poster by Tom Chantrell
Directed byDon Chaffey
Screenplay byClarke Reynolds
John Temple-Smith (story)
Produced byJohn Temple-Smith
StarringDon Murray
Carita
Donald Houston
Andrew Keir
Niall MacGinnis
Adrienne Corri
CinematographyStephen Dade
Edited byPeter Boita
Music byGary Hughes
Production
company
Distributed byWarner-Pathé Distributors (UK)
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (U.S.)
Release date
  • 25 March 1967 (1967-03-25)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£411,000[1]

The Viking Queen is a 1967 Hammer adventure film directed by Don Chaffey and starring Don Murray. It is set in Roman Britain.

The title of the film caused much confusion, because there are no Norse Vikings in the movie. However, there is another meaning of the word "viking": a raider or plunderer, of which there are many such characters in this film. In addition, "viking" was understood internationally, having been recently used in other film titles.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference hearn was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Alison, Futrell (2013). "Love, Rebellion, and Cleavage: Boadicea's Hammered Breastplate in The Viking Queen (1967)". In Cyrino, Monica S. (ed.). Screening Love and Sex in the Ancient World. New York City: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 211–25. ISBN 978-1-137-29959-8.