History Film / TheLongShips

Once he's back in Scandinavia, Rolfe gathers a crew with his younger brother Orm (Creator/RussTamblyn), kidnaps his king's daughter and "borrows" his king's funeral long ship and returns in Moorish territory to find the bell before Al Mansuh.

Moorish sultan Al Mansuh (Creator/SidneyPoitier) is convinced that the bell exists. Having collected all the legendary material about it that he can, he plans to mount an expedition to search for it. When a shipwrecked Norseman, Rolfe (Creator/RichardWidmark), repeats the story of the bell in the marketplace, and hints that he knows its location, he is seized by Mansuh's men and brought in for questioning. Rolfe insists that he does not know more than the legend itself and that the bell is most likely only a myth. He manages to escape by jumping through a window before the questioning continues under torture, and makes his way back to Scandinavia.

The plot is set in the 10th century and concerns several parties in search of a legendary giant golden bell that was cast in the UsefulNotes/ByzantineEmpire then hidden somewhere because its sound was just too deafening.

The plot is set in the 10th century and concerns several parties in search of a giant immense golden bell that was cast in the UsefulNotes/ByzantineEmpire then hidden somewhere because its sound was just too deafening.

The plot is set in the 10th century and concerns several parties in search of a fabled immense golden bell that was cast in the UsefulNotes/ByzantineEmpire then hidden somewhere.

* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:Al Mansuh has wanted to find the golden bell for years, and dies crushed by it.]]

Once he's back in Scandinavia, Rolfe gathers a crew, kidnaps his king's daughter and "borrows" his king's funeral long ship and returns in Moorish territory to find the bell before Al Mansuh.

Moorish sultan Al Mansuh (Creator/SidneyPoitier) is convinced that the bell exists. Having collected all the legendary material about it that he can, he plans to mount an expedition to search for it. When a shipwrecked Norseman, Rolfe (Richard Widmark), repeats the story of the bell in the marketplace, and hints that he knows its location, he is seized by Mansuh's men and brought in for questioning. Rolfe insists that he does not know more than the legend itself and that the bell is most likely only a myth. He manages to escape by jumping through a window before the questioning continues under torture, and makes his way back to Scandinavia.

* CrashingThroughTheHarem: After getting captured, the Vikings free themselves and roam Al Mansuh's palace. They end up entering his harem, and instantly get happy faces in it for obvious reasons.

* CrashingThroughTheHarem: After getting captured, the Vikings free themselves and roam Al Mansuh's palace. They end up entering his harem, and instantly get happy faces.

* OlympicSwimmer: Apparently, Rolfe managed to somehow [[BeyondTheImpossible swim all the way from the Atlantic coast of North Africa to Scandinavia]]...

''The Long Ships'' is a 1964 American-British–Yugoslav adventure film shot in Technirama and directed by Jack Cardiff, who was the cinematographer of ''Film/TheVikings''. The picture is [[AdaptationDecay very loosely based]] on Frans G. Bengtsson's novel ''Literature/TheLongShips'', as it retains little more than the title of the English translation and the Moorish setting.

* BondOneLiner: After the ''heavy'' golden bell has ruined any chance of smoothly being moved around by hurtling down the cliff all the way to the ship.

Once in Scandinavia, Rolfe gathers a crew, kidnaps his king's daughter and "borrows" his king's funeral long ship to return in Moorish territory and find the bell before Al Mansuh.

The plot is set in the 10th century and concerns several parties in search of a fabled immense golden bell that was cast in the UsefulNotes/ByzantineEmpire then hidden somewhere. Moorish sultan Al Mansuh (Creator/SidneyPoitier) is convinced that it exists. Having collected all the legendary material about it that he can, he plans to mount an expedition to search for it. When a shipwrecked Norseman, Rolfe (Richard Widmark), repeats the story of the bell in the marketplace, and hints that he knows its location, he is seized by Mansuh's men and brought in for questioning. Rolfe insists that he does not know more than the legend itself and that the bell is most likely only a myth. He manages to escape by jumping through a window before the questioning continues under torture, and makes his way back to Scandinavia.

The plot is set in the 10th century and concerns several parties in search of a fabled immense golden bell that was cast in the UsefulNotes/ByzantineEmpire then hidden somewhere. Moorish sultan Al Mansuh (Creator/SidneyPoitier) is convinced that it exists. Having collected all the legendary material about it that he can, he plans to mount an expedition to search for it. When a shipwrecked Norseman, Rolfe (Richard Widmark), repeats the story of the bell in the marketplace, and hints that he knows its location, he is seized by Mansuh's men and brought in for questioning. Rolfe insists that he does not know more than the legend itself and that the bell is most likely only a myth. He manages to escape by jumping through a window before the questioning continues under torture, and makes his way back to Scandinavia. There, he gathers a crew and "borrows" his king's funeral long ship to return in Moorish territory and find the bell before Al Mansuh.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Al Mansuh's execution contraption called the "Mare of Steel", a huge curved blade with the form of a horse tail. Unlucky victims are forced to climb and ride down on their exposed bellies, hands tied, splaying them open at its base and impaling them on a bed of two foot steel spikes on arrival.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Al Mansuh's execution contraption called the "Mare of Steel", a huge curved blade with the form of a horse tail. Unlucky prisoners are forced to climb and ride down on their exposed bellies, hands tied, splaying them open at its base and impaling them on a bed of two foot steel spikes.

''The Long Ships'' is a 1964 American-British–Yugoslav adventure film shot in Technirama and directed by Jack Cardiff, who was the cinematographer of ''Film/TheVikings''. The picture is [[AdaptationDecay very loosely based]] on Frans G. Bengtsson's novel ''Literature/TheLongShips'', as it retains little more than the title of the English translation and the Moorish settings.