Prince Valiant (1954 film)

Prince Valiant
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHenry Hathaway
Written byDudley Nichols
Based onPrince Valiant
1937 American comic strip
by Hal Foster
Produced byRobert L. Jacks
StarringJames Mason
Janet Leigh
Robert Wagner
Narrated byMichael Rennie
CinematographyLucien Ballard
Edited byRobert L. Simpson
Music byFranz Waxman
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century-Fox
Release date
  • April 2, 1954 (1954-04-02) (Los Angeles)[1]
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2.97 million[2]
Box office$2.6 million (US rentals)[3]

Prince Valiant is a 1954 American swashbuckler adventure film directed by Henry Hathaway and produced by Robert L. Jacks, in Technicolor and Cinemascope, produced and released by 20th Century-Fox. Based on the King Features syndicated newspaper comic strip of the same name by Hal Foster, the film stars James Mason, Janet Leigh, Robert Wagner, Debra Paget and Sterling Hayden.

  1. ^ "Prince Valiant – Details". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
  2. ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p248
  3. ^ "1954 Box Office Champs". Variety Weekly. January 5, 1955. p. 59.