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Ivanhoe

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Loyal British knight Wilfred of Ivanhoe (Robert Taylor) sets out on a mission to free the kidnapped King of England, Richard the Lionheart (Norman Wooland), in this rousing adventure tale. The brave Ivanhoe must eventually confront the devious Prince John (Guy Rolfe) and the fierce Norman warrior Brian de Bois-Guilbert (George Sanders), while also juggling the affections of the beautiful maidens Rowena (Joan Fontaine) and Rebecca (Elizabeth Taylor).
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Variety Staff Variety 03/26/2009
Ivanhoe is a great romantic adventure, mounted extravagantly, crammed with action, and emerges as a spectacular feast. Go to Full Review Time Out 06/24/2006
The dialogue and script are fatuously Americanised from Scott's original, but these chivalric Hollywood sagas still have a strange poetic quality about them. Go to Full Review Bosley Crowther New York Times 03/25/2006
4/5
As Ivanhoe, Robert Taylor does a good, sturdy, manly job and George Sanders is intriguingly fluid as the emotionally torn De Bois-Guilbert. Go to Full Review Mr. Harper Harper's Magazine 04/14/2022
Unconditionally recommended. Go to Full Review Mattie Lucas From the Front Row 03/23/2022
1.5/4
Staid, humorless, and utterly lacking in dramatic weight - existing mostly to showcase its elaborate costume and set design and little else. Go to Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 12/18/2021
3/4
Occasionally playing like an inferior version of 1938's The Adventures of Robin Hood but faring quite well on its own terms thankyouverymuch. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Carlos N @Can545 53m One of my favorite Middle Ages love stories entwined in part truth and part Mythology. The acting is superb, the scenery beautiful and I could look at Elizabeth Taylor all day in this film. It is a film that stands the test of time, devoid of special effects and strong in dialogue and substance. Watch it not with the lens of today but with the lens of yesteryear and you will not be disappointed! See more David S @RT68837966 11/28/2024 Not bad for what their trying to depict in the early 1950s, good defeating evil- the joust scene a highlight. See more Alec B @Alec97 10/28/2024 Better than I expected. Yes its Americanized but that hardly matters when it still maintains some wit and moves briskly with lots of action. See more Connor S @RT33873007 03/06/2024 Large-scale film with elaborate sets that piques your interest throughout. See more C @RT89813516 03/06/2024 For its time this was an ambitious film. The storyline, acting, and action were very good. Dame Elizabeth Taylor stands out. They knew how to make films back then. Cheers. See more tom s @RT71095051 12/26/2022 Great old school medieval epic. See more Read all reviews
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Richard Thorpe

Director

Robert Taylor

Ivanhoe

Elizabeth Taylor

Rebecca

Joan Fontaine

Rowena

George Sanders

De Bois-Guilbert

Emlyn Williams

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Ivanhoe

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Synopsis Loyal British knight Wilfred of Ivanhoe (Robert Taylor) sets out on a mission to free the kidnapped King of England, Richard the Lionheart (Norman Wooland), in this rousing adventure tale. The brave Ivanhoe must eventually confront the devious Prince John (Guy Rolfe) and the fierce Norman warrior Brian de Bois-Guilbert (George Sanders), while also juggling the affections of the beautiful maidens Rowena (Joan Fontaine) and Rebecca (Elizabeth Taylor).
Director
Richard Thorpe
Producer
Pandro S. Berman
Screenwriter
Noel Langley, Æneas MacKenzie, Marguerite Roberts
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre
Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 31, 1952, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 1, 2009
Runtime
1h 46m