The War Lord (1965)

6.2/10 123 min History Drama War

Overview

A knight in the service of a duke goes to a coastal village where an earlier attempt to build a defensive castle has failed. He begins to rebuild the duke's authority in the face of the barbarians at the border and is making progress until he falls in love with one of the local women.

Cast

Charlton Heston

Chrysagon

Richard Boone

Bors

Rosemary Forsyth

Bronwyn

Maurice Evans

Priest

Guy Stockwell

Draco

Niall MacGinnis

Odins

James Farentino

Marc

Henry Wilcoxon

Frisian Prince

Woodrow Parfrey

Piet

John Alderson

Holbracht

Allen Jaffe

Tybald

Michael Conrad

Rainault

Belle Mitchell

Old Woman

Paul Frees

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Kent McCord

Extra (uncredited)

William O'Connell

Volunteer Rejected by Chrysagon (uncredited)

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