The Black Rose (1950)

6.7/10 • 116 min • War Adventure History

Overview

In the 13th century, Walter of Gurnie, a disinherited Saxon youth, is forced to flee England. With his friend, Tristram, he falls in with the army of the fierce but avuncular General Bayan, and journeys all the way to China, where both men become involved in intrigues in the court of Kublai Khan.

Cast

Tyrone Power

Walter of Gurnie

Orson Welles

Cécile Aubry

Jack Hawkins

Tristram Griffin

Michael Rennie

Finlay Currie

Herbert Lom

Mary Clare

Countess Eleanor of Lessford

Robert Blake

Alfonso Bedoya

Gibb McLaughlin

James Robertson Justice

Simeon Beautrie

Laurence Harvey

Henry Oscar

Friar Roger Bacon

Peter Sellers

Lu Chung (voice)

Torin Thatcher

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