| The Gallant Blade | |
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| Directed by | Henry Levin |
| Produced by | Irving Starr |
| Starring | Larry Parks |
| Cinematography | Charles Lawton Jr. Burnett Guffey |
| Edited by | Viola Lawrence |
| Music by | George Duning |
| Color process | Cinecolor |
Production company | Columbia Pictures |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Gallant Blade is a 1948 AmericanCinecoloradventure film directed byHenry Levin and starringLarry Parks.
Apeasant becomes the hero of France in the 17th century after theThirty Years' War.[1]
Columbia announced in 1945 they would makeThe Gallant Blade based on a short story byAlexander Dumas. It was to be a follow-up toThe Fighting Guardsman.[2] It was part of a boom in swashbuckling pictures in 1945.[3]
The film was not made immediately. In 1947Irving Starr was announced as producer andCharles Vidor as director. Then Vidor was replaced by Henry Levin.Larry Parks was signed to star. He had just made a swashbuckler for Columbia,The Swordsman, then initiated legal proceedings against the studio in July to get out of this contract with them. Parks had refused payment since then; he agreed to be paid forThe Gallant Blade on the proviso it did not affect his legal actions.[4][5]
Filming started 1 December 1947. It was also known asThe Gay Blade.[6]
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