The Flame and the Arrow is a 1950 American adventure film made by Warner Bros. and starring Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo and Nick Cravat. It was directed by Jacques Tourneur and produced by Harold Hecht and Frank Ross from a screenplay by Waldo Salt. The music score was by Max Steiner and the cinematography by Ernest Haller. The film was shot in Technicolor. In the time of Frederick Barbarossa, in the area of Italy known as Lombardy, Dardo Bartoli is walking with his son Rudi when they encounter Count Ulrich , the 'Hawk', his niece Anne , and his lover, Dardo's unfaithful wife Francesca .... Dardo shows off his skill as an archer by shooting down Ulrich's expensive hunting hawk. In revenge, the count takes Dardo's son to his castle. Dardo is struck by an arrow while rescuing Rudi, so the boy allows himself to be recaptured in order to draw the soldiers away. Back at the palace, young Marchese Alessandro de Granazia asks for Anne's hand in marriage, but is rejected. Ulrich then arrests him for not paying his taxes.
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| Release date: | 1950 |
| Directed by: | Jacques Tourneur |
| Runtime: | 88 Minutes |
| Producer: | Harold Hecht, Frank Ross |
| Music by: | Max Steiner |
| Cinematography: | Ernest Haller |
| Screenplay by: | Waldo Salt |
| Genre: | Adventure, Action |