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The Black Rose

  • 1950
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  • 2h
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6.2/10
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The Black Rose (1950)
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A disinherited 13th Century Saxon nobleman leaves Norman England with an archer friend to seek his fortune in the Far East.A disinherited 13th Century Saxon nobleman leaves Norman England with an archer friend to seek his fortune in the Far East.A disinherited 13th Century Saxon nobleman leaves Norman England with an archer friend to seek his fortune in the Far East.

  • Director
    • Henry Hathaway
  • Writers
    • Talbot Jennings
    • Thomas B. Costain
  • Stars
    • Tyrone Power
    • Orson Welles
    • Cécile Aubry
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    2.4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Henry Hathaway
    • Writers
      • Talbot Jennings
      • Thomas B. Costain
    • Stars
      • Tyrone Power
      • Orson Welles
      • Cécile Aubry
    • 57User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

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    The Black Rose (1950)
    Valéry Inkijinoff in The Black Rose (1950)
    Tyrone Power and Jack Hawkins in The Black Rose (1950)
    Orson Welles in The Black Rose (1950)
    Cécile Aubry in The Black Rose (1950)
    Tyrone Power in The Black Rose (1950)
    Tyrone Power in The Black Rose (1950)
    Tyrone Power and Cécile Aubry in The Black Rose (1950)
    Tyrone Power in The Black Rose (1950)
    Tyrone Power and Jack Hawkins in The Black Rose (1950)
    Tyrone Power, Cécile Aubry, and Jack Hawkins in The Black Rose (1950)
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    Tyrone Power
    Tyrone Power
    • Walter of Gurnie
    Orson Welles
    Orson Welles
    • Bayan
    Cécile Aubry
    Cécile Aubry
    • Maryam
    • (as Cecile Aubry)
    Jack Hawkins
    Jack Hawkins
    • Tristram Griffin
    Michael Rennie
    Michael Rennie
    • King Edward
    Finlay Currie
    Finlay Currie
    • Alfgar
    Herbert Lom
    Herbert Lom
    • Anthemus
    Mary Clare
    Mary Clare
    • Countess Eleanor of Lessford
    Robert Blake
    Robert Blake
    • Mahmoud
    • (as Bobby Blake)
    Alfonso Bedoya
    Alfonso Bedoya
    • Lu Chung
    Gibb McLaughlin
    Gibb McLaughlin
    • Wilderkin
    James Robertson Justice
    James Robertson Justice
    • Simeon Beautrie
    Henry Oscar
    Henry Oscar
    • Friar Roger Bacon
    Laurence Harvey
    Laurence Harvey
    • Edmond
    Itto Bent Lahcen
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Rufus Cruickshank
    • Dickon
    • (uncredited)
    Peter Drury
    • Young Man
    • (uncredited)
    Valéry Inkijinoff
    Valéry Inkijinoff
    • Chinese Minister
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Henry Hathaway
    • Writers
      • Talbot Jennings
      • Thomas B. Costain
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      In addition to dubbing Alfonso Bedoya, Peter Sellers also provides the voice for an uncredited Chinese actor playing a guard. These two roles gave Sellers his first film work.
    • Goofs
      It's the 13th Century when our heroes first leave England. Walking through the Arab market, they pass tomatoes for sale, which are later thrown at them by children. Tomatoes are a New World plant, and could not have been found in Old World markets prior to the voyages of Columbus in the 15th century.
    • Quotes

      King Edward: Tell me, when you refuse me your loyalty because I am a Norman, have you not considered that I have no choice in the same matter - that I must be king for Norman and Saxon alike whether I like it or not. Do you, Saxon, not owe something besides hatred to the same cause?

    • Connections
      Featured in Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)
    • Soundtracks
      Andrea Orsini
      (uncredited)

      from Prince of Foxes (1949)

      Music by Alfred Newman

    User reviews57

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    Cecile Aubry ,la Femme Infant...
    ....was cast in Henri-Georges Clouzot's masterpiece "Manon" before her Hathaway film;her career was short-lived but she triumphed in the field of series-for -the-whole-family with her "Belle et Sebastien" saga -four or five seasons-starring her own son,Mehdi El Glaoui.

    Her performance in "black rose" in not particularly memorable;neither is the film,which is far from Hathaway's great adventures films such as "lives of a Bengal lancer" or even "legend of the lost" .the desultory script which takes the audience from Norman England to China is never really exciting .Tyrone Power and Jack Hawkins are a good pairing (along Welles who does not seem to care about his character).Their situation in the court of the empress of China will remind some users of Kipling 's "the man who would be king" which John Huston transferred to the screen masterfully with M.Caine and S.Connery.(1975)
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    • dbdumonteil
    • Mar 13, 2008

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    • Release date
      • September 1, 1950 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Die schwarze Rose
    • Filming locations
      • Warwick Castle, Warwick, Warwickshire, England, UK(as Gurney Castle)
    • Production companies
      • Twentieth Century-Fox Productions
      • Twentieth Century-Fox Productions
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    • Budget
      • $3,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      2 hours
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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