History Film / KnightsOfTheRoundTable

* AnachronismStew: Like most literary and movie depictions (until ''Film/KingArthur'' that is), Arthurians myths are portrayed with [[TheLateMiddleAges Late Middle Ages]] clothes, armors, weapons, {{Jousting Lance}}s and castles. The trouble starts when the end of Roman Britannia (circa 410 AD) is mentioned right at the beginning...

* AnachronismStew: Like most literary and movie depictions (until ''Film/KingArthur'' that is), Arthurians myths are portrayed with [[TheLateMiddleAges Late Middle Ages]] clothes, armors, weapons and castles. The trouble starts when the end of Roman Britannia (circa 410 AD) is mentioned right at the beginning...

* AnachronismStew: Like most literary and movie depictions (until ''Film/KingArthur'' that is), Arthurians myths are portrayed [[TheLateMiddleAges Late Middle Ages]] clothes, armors, weapons and castles. The trouble starts when the end of Roman Britannia (circa 410 AD) is mentioned right at the beginning...

Very much a SpiritualSuccessor to 1952's ''Literature/{{Ivanhoe}}'' in spirit, tone and lavish production values.

Very much a SpiritualSuccessor to 1952's ''Literature/{{Ivanhoe}}'' in both spirit, tone and lavish production values.

Very much a SpiritualSuccessor to 1952's ''Literature/{{Ivanhoe}}'' in both spirit and lavish production values.

''Knights of the Round Table'' is a 1953 [[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM]] film directed by Richard Thorpe - the studio's first production in Cinemascope. It was inspired by Sir Thomas Malory's ''Literature/LeMorteDarthur'' and starred Robert Taylor as Sir Lancelot, Creator/AvaGardner as Queen Guinevere, Mel Ferrer as [[Myth/KingArthur Arthur Pendragon]], Anne Crawford as Morgan Le Fay, Stanley Baker as Modred and Felix Aylmer as Merlin.

''Knights of the Round Table'' is a 1953 [[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM]] film directed by Richard Thorpe - the studio's first production in Cinemascope. It was inspired by Sir Thomas Malory's ''Literature/LeMorteDarthur'' and starred Robert Taylor as Sir Lancelot, Creator/AvaGardner as Queen Guinevere, Mel Ferrer as Myth/KingArthur, Anne Crawford as Morgan Le Fay, Stanley Baker as Modred and Felix Aylmer as Merlin.

* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Before they know each other's identity, King Arthur and Lancelot have a honorable duel in which they salute before beginning, and when Arthur's sword gets stuck in a tree, Lancelot doesn't strike and helps him get it out of the tree instead. Likewise, when Arthur disarms Lancelot, he throws the sword back in Lancelot's hands.

* TakingYouWithMe: Mordred attempts this when Lancelot fatally stabs him during their duel, throwing Lancelot down the cliff into the [[QuicksandSucks quicksand]] pond. Luckily for Lancelot, his horse obeys orders perfectly and drags him out of it.

* {{BFS}}: Lancelot and Arthur use huge longswords in their duel.

* {{BFS}}: Lancelot and Arthur use huge longswords in their friendly duel.

* TakingYouWithMe: Mordred attempts this when Lancelot fatally stabs him during their duel, throwing Lancelot down the cliff into [[QuicksandSucks quicksand]]. Luckily for Lancelot, his horse obeys orders perfectly and drags him out of it.

* {{BFS}}: Lancelot and Arthur use huge longswords in their duel.

* TakingYouWithMe: Mordred attempts this when Lancelot fatally stabs him during their duel, throwing Lancelot down the cliff into [[QuicksandSucks quicksand]]. Luckily for Lancelot, his horse obeys orders perfectly and saves him.

* DuelToTheDeath: Lancelot challenges Mordred in a duel to the death to avenge the death of King Arthur.

''Knights of the Round Table'' is a 1953 [[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM]] film directed by Richard Thorpe - the first MGM production in Cinemascope. It was inspired by Sir Thomas Malory's ''Literature/LeMorteDarthur'' and starred Robert Taylor as Sir Lancelot, Creator/AvaGardner as Queen Guinevere, Mel Ferrer as Myth/KingArthur, Anne Crawford as Morgan Le Fay, Stanley Baker as Modred and Felix Aylmer as Merlin.

''Knights of the Round Table'' is a 1953 [[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM]] film directed by Richard Thorpe. It was based on Sir Thomas Malory's ''Literature/LeMorteDarthur'' and starred Robert Taylor as Sir Lancelot, Creator/AvaGardner as Queen Guinevere, Mel Ferrer as Myth/KingArthur, Anne Crawford as Morgan Le Fay, Stanley Baker as Modred and Felix Aylmer as Merlin.

''Knights of the Round Table'' is a 1953 film directed by Richard Thorpe. It was based on Sir Thomas Malory's ''Literature/LeMorteDarthur'' and starred Robert Taylor as Sir Lancelot, Creator/AvaGardner as Queen Guinevere, Mel Ferrer as Myth/KingArthur, Anne Crawford as Morgan Le Fay, Stanley Baker as Modred and Felix Aylmer as Merlin.

''Knights of the Round Table'' is a 1953 film directed by Richard Thorpe. It is based on Sir Thomas Malory's ''Literature/LeMorteDarthur''. It starred Robert Taylor as Sir Lancelot, Creator/AvaGardner as Queen Guinevere, Mel Ferrer as Myth/KingArthur, Anne Crawford as Morgan Le Fay, Stanley Baker as Modred and Felix Aylmer as Merlin.

''Knights of the Round Table'' is a 1953 film directed by Richard Thorpe. It is based on Sir Thomas Malory's ''Literature/LeMorteDArthur''. It starred Robert Taylor as Sir Lancelot, Creator/AvaGardner as Queen Guinevere, Mel Ferrer as Myth/KingArthur, Anne Crawford as Morgan Le Fay, Stanley Baker as Modred and Felix Aylmer as Merlin.

''Knights of the Round Table'' is a 1953 film directed by Richard Thorpe. It is based on Sir Thomas Malory's ''Literature/LeMorteDArthur''. It starred Robert Taylor as Sir Lancelot, Ava Gardner as Queen Guinevere, Mel Ferrer as Myth/KingArthur, Anne Crawford as Morgan Le Fay, Stanley Baker as Modred and Felix Aylmer as Merlin.