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The War Lord

He Battled Two Empires For The Love Of One Woman.

6.2(79)19652h 3m2

A knight in the service of a duke goes to a coastal village where an earlier attempt to build a defensive castle has failed. He begins to rebuild the duke's authority in the face of the barbarians at the border and is making progress until he falls in love with one of the local women.

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Released
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Language
English
  • warlord
  • normandy, france
  • druid
  • knight
  • 11th century

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPG17 Nov 1965
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical4 Feb 1966
    • PhysicalDVD17 Oct 2007
    • PhysicalBlu-Ray21 Oct 2014
  • IrelandIE

    • TheatricalPG25 Mar 1966

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The War Lord was released on 17 November 1965.

Audience reviews

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    John Chard

    10/4/2015

    7/10

    This place has the dimensions of heresy. The War Lord stars Charlton Heston, Richard Boone, Rosemary Forsyth, Guy Stockwell, Maurice Evans, Niall MacGinnis, Henry Wilcoxon and James Farentino, amongst others. It's directed by future Oscar winning Director Franklin J. Schaffner (Best Director for Patton), and the screenplay is by PJohn Collier with the adaptation coming from the play, The Lovers, written by Leslie …

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    Wuchak

    10/25/2021

    5/10

    _**Mediocre medieval tale with Heston, Boone and Rosemary Forsyth**_ In the 11th Century, a knight (Charlton Heston) in the service of the duke of Normandy ventures to a village on the northern coast of France to finish and inhabit a castle-like fortress for defense against the raiding Frisians from further up the coast (which, today, would be Netherlands & Germany). Richard Boone plays the lord’s right-hand man, …

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    CinemaSerf

    6/1/2024

    6/10

    Not one of Charlton Heston's better efforts, this one. He's the overlord "Cyrysagon" who is sent to reimpose law and order at a remote Norman tower that is frequently being raided by the blond-haired Friesians. Together with his brother "Draco" (Guy Stockwell) and loyal henchman "Bors" (Richard Boone) they are soon embroiled in battles with their foe as well as engaged in the superstitions of the local, largely pagan…

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