The Highwayman (1951)

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During the 1700s, a masked bandit robs the rich and aids the poor, to the chagrin of the authorities and the corrupt nobility, and prompting the king to task a ruthless man from the Colonies to capture the outlaw.

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  • Scott Forbes and Wanda Hendrix in The Highwayman (1951)
  • Philip Friend and Wanda Hendrix in The Highwayman (1951)
  • Scott Forbes and Wanda Hendrix in The Highwayman (1951)
  • Wanda Hendrix in The Highwayman (1951)
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25 November 2007 | webthings
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| Alfred Noyes Poem as movie swashbuckler
I actually saw this movie in the theater at the age of seven. Now that's an impressionable age, but more than 50 years later I can still envision the mist on the moors, the clouds scudding across the sky and the haunting music as one of the classic poems is beautifully brought to life. The dashing Highwayman daring all for love of the beautiful Bess; the jealous, sneaky, and lustful ostler betraying him to the authorities; the raucous redcoats lustfully jeering as they imprison the innkeeper's daughter, the brave and beautiful Bess willing to sacrifice all for her lover; who could ask for anything more in an adventure movie. This is a movie for those who just can't resist romance with a touch of ghost story.

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First film of John Alderson.

Quotes

NARRATOR: And still of a winter's night, they say, when the wind is in the trees, / When the moon is a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas, / When the road is a ribbon of moonlight looping the purple moor, / A highwayman comes riding, riding, riding, / A ...

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Genres

Adventure

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Release Date:

12 August 1951

Language

English

Country of Origin

USA

Filming Locations

Motion Picture Center Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

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