United States / Aug 05, 1955 / NR
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
An ex-soldier turned highwayman uncovers a plot to take control of England from King Charles II.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Tudor Owen | Simon |
| Melville Cooper | Henry Wynch |
| Alan Mowbray | Sir Gilbert Talbot |
| Rhys Williams | Turnkey |
| Joan Elan | Charity Fell |
| Charles Davis | Apothecary |
| Ashley Cowan | Skene |
| Ian Wolfe | Fell |
| Paul Cavanagh | Sir Edward Scott |
| Lillian Kemble-Cooper | Mrs. Fell |
| Isobel Elsom | Mrs. Bennett |
| Milton Parsons | Adam Urich |
| Lord Layton | Jacob Hall |
| Queenie Leonard | Apothecary's Wife |
| Owen McGiveney | Hoskins |
| Robert Dix | Husky |
| Michael Dugan | Husky |
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| James Logan | Guard |
| Jimmy Aubrey | Little Man (uncredited) |
| Leonard Carey | Servant (uncredited) |
| Leslie Denison | Beadle (voice) (uncredited) |
| Ronald Green | Hired Swordsman (uncredited) |
| Peter Hansen | Sir Isaac Newton (uncredited) |
| Ramsay Hill | Lord (uncredited) |
| Charles Keane | Guard (uncredited) |
| Keith McConnell | Usher (uncredited) |
| John Monaghan | Shaddy (uncredited) |
| Matt Moore | Gentleman (uncredited) |
| Clive Morgan | Captain of Guards (uncredited) |
| Vesey O'Davoren | Courier (uncredited) |
| Gordon Richards | Courier (uncredited) |
| Lewis L. Russell | Gentleman (uncredited) |
| Gilchrist Stuart | Clerk (uncredited) |
| Trevor Ward | Perspiring Man (uncredited) |
| Trude Wyler | Celestine (uncredited) |
| Ashley Cowan |
Genres
AdventureDramaRomance
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | The King's Thief |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United States of America |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date | 5 agosto 1955 |
| Production | Edwin H. Knopf |
| Writer | Robert Hardy Andrews, Christopher Knopf |
| Editing | John McSweeney Jr. |
| Cinematography | Robert H. Planck |
| Assistant directors | Robert Saunders, Yakima Canutt, Robert Z. Leonard, Hugo Fregonese |
| Production design | Richard Pefferle, Malcolm Brown, Edwin B. Willis, Cedric Gibbons |
| Art direction | Malcolm Brown, Cedric Gibbons, Richard Pefferle, Edwin B. Willis |
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| Set decoration | Richard Pefferle, Edwin B. Willis, Malcolm Brown, Cedric Gibbons |
| Special effects | Warren Newcombe |
| Visual effects | Matthew Yuricich |
| Stunts | Joe Canutt |
| Music | Miklós Rózsa, Uan Rasey, Ed Haight, Milton Raskin, Virginia Majewski, Alex Alexander, Eugene Zador, Scott Perry Sr., Jack Marshall, Max Rabinowitz, Si Zentner, James Brock, John Lipow |
| Sound | Uan Rasey, Ed Haight, Milton Raskin, Virginia Majewski, Miklós Rózsa, Alex Alexander, Eugene Zador, Scott Perry Sr., Jack Marshall, Max Rabinowitz, Si Zentner, James Brock, John Lipow |
| Costume design | Walter Plunkett, Sydney Guilaroff, John Truwe, William Tuttle |
| Makeup | John Truwe, William Tuttle, Walter Plunkett, Sydney Guilaroff |
| Hairstyling | Sydney Guilaroff, Walter Plunkett, John Truwe, William Tuttle |
Release dates
Theatrical release
South Africa / Dec 21, 1955 / Cape Town, Durban, and Johannesburg
Sweden / Feb 20, 1956
Germany / Mar 30, 1956 / 12 / West Germany
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Finland / Apr 13, 1956
Portugal / Aug 13, 1957
Denmark / Nov 23, 1959
France / Dec 09, 1960
TV
Spain / Jul 25, 1979 / TV premiere
Germany / Jul 06, 1988 / East German TV premiere
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