The Scarlet Blade

Lionel Jeffries (First Men in the Moon), Oliver Reed (The Damned), Jack Hedley (The Secret of Blood Island), and June Thorburn (The Three Worlds of Gulliver) star in Hammer’s The Scarlet Blade.

During the English Civil War, Roundhead leader Colonel Judd (Jeffries) kidnaps King Charles I, aided by his sadistic second-in-command, Captain Sylvester (Reed). The task of rescuing the King falls to the secretive Scarlet Blade (Hedley), aided by Judd’s daughter, Claire (Thorburn).

Directed by John Gilling (The Pirates of Blood River), The Scarlet Blade is an action-packed period drama.

Special Features

Bonus Footage, Commentary: Kevin Lyons (editor of 'The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Films and Television'), Documentaries: 'Hammer's Women: June Thorburn'; 'Doing Battle'; Almost an Auteur'; 'Appropriately Military', Image Gallery, Two presentations of the film: 'The Scarlet Blade' with the original UK title sequence and 'The Crimson Blade' with the alternative US titles; Stephen Laws Introduces 'The Scarlet Blade', Trailers

Actors: Lionel Jeffries, Oliver Reed, Harold Goldblatt, Duncan Lamont, Michael Ripper, Clifford Elkin, Jack Hedley, June Thorburn, Suzan Farmer, Robert Rietty

Audio Languages: English

Duration: 83 minutes

Number of Discs: 1

Subtitle Languages: English

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