Thursday, October 3, 2013

The King's Thief (1955)

MGM
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Archive Collection)

Traitorous nobleman David Niven is murdering his enemies one by one, taking their fortunes in the process. His little book of names falls in to the hands of thieves, who want to use it to extract ransoms from the intended victims. One of them falls in love with Ann Blyth, who convinces him to use it instead to incriminate Niven. As much a western as a period costumer, with a long jail break, horse stunts and gun play in addition to the usual sword fighting.

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