| The War Lord | |
|---|---|
 Film poster by Howard Terpning | |
| Directed by | Franklin J. Schaffner |
| Screenplay by | John Collier Millard Kaufman |
| Based on | The Lovers 1956 play by Leslie Stevens |
| Produced by | Walter Seltzer |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Russell Metty |
| Edited by | Folmar Blangsted |
| Music by | Jerome Moross Hans J. Salter |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | Court Productions |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 123 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3,500,000 |
The War Lord is a 1965 American drama historical film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starring Charlton Heston. The film, which concerns medieval warfare and culture in 11th-century Normandy, is an adaptation of the play The Lovers by Leslie Stevens. The film also features Richard Boone, Rosemary Forsyth, Guy Stockwell, Maurice Evans, Niall MacGinnis, Henry Wilcoxon and James Farentino, with Jon Alderson, Allen Jaffe, Sammy Ross, and Woodrow Parfrey.[2][3][4][5]
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- ^ The War Lord (1965), Rotten Tomatoes, retrieved February 10, 2020
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- ^ "The War Lord | DVD review". The Guardian. 31 July 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2022.