Ivanhoe (1952)
Closed CaptioningRichard Thorpe
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Plot Summary
Set in tumultuous 12th century England, Saxon knights do battle against the Norman invaders in an effort to free their kidnapped king. Nominated for Best Picture, Cinematography, and Music, this Sir Walter Scott classic stars Robert Taylor ("Magnificent Obsession") in the title role, Oscar-winners Elizabeth Taylor ("Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," "National Velvet"), Joan Fontaine ("Rebecca," "Suspicion"), and George Sanders ("All About Eve," "The Picture of Dorian Gray," "Village of the Damned"). Highlighted by gripping battle scenes, stunning scenery and costumes.
Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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79%- Reviews Counted: 14
- Fresh: 11
- Rotten: 3
- Average Rating: 6.1/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: As Ivanhoe, Robert Taylor does a good, sturdy, manly job and George Sanders is intriguingly fluid as the emotionally torn De Bois-Guilbert.
Fresh: Ivanhoe is a great romantic adventure, mounted extravagantly, crammed with action, and emerges as a spectacular feast.
Fresh: The dialogue and script are fatuously Americanised from Scott's original, but these chivalric Hollywood sagas still have a strange poetic quality about them.
Customer Reviews
Not Bad!
This is a picture worth viewing if you're not expecting a Ben-Hur type picture with Lord of the Rings or Robin Hood (the new one) battles! I liked it! Just remember they worked with what they had! I don't remember there being that much blood, but don't hold that against them! :)
Great old movie
incredible movie with great actors!! Fun to watch
A Classic
I would call it a great classic as great as robin hood. For what they had to use, they did a fantastic job. I loved Elizabeth Taylor in this! all the action is top notch, with not too much gore but some death. All the costumes are well put and not cheesy. There is not a lot of comedy, but the jokes that are in this are great. Overall its a favorite classic :)
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