The Black Shield Of Falworth [Blu-ray]

I love this film, it has humour, romance and Tony Curtis.

As most films are down to personal taste, I'm purely going to review the quality of the blu ray version.This film has been one of my favourites since I was a kid and I've seen it in every format available from TV, VIDEO, DVD and now this BLU RAY copy.I can safely say its awesome! To see such a high quality picture from such an old film is incredible. You can now see every detail from each hair in the horses mane to the type of material used in each costume whether its velvet or silk etc...The only reason I haven't given this film a 5 star rating is because it seems that they forgot to enhance a couple of the scenes and they remain in there original state. Also, in the farm house fight at the begining, it seems they have forgotten to add the sound effects. there are swords clashing with no sound and pots breaking without the smash. Luckily this is the only scene this happens.On the whole I can highly recommend this to fans of the film. 4.5/ 5

Last saw this movie some 50 years ago ! I spoke to Tony Curtis at the Metropole B'ham ( autograph signing ) and he confirmed that in the movie he never said " Yonder lies de Castle of my Faddah ! " as the critics claimed. The Black Shield of Falworth remains exactly as I remembered - wonderful technicolour rendered excellently in blu ray ( sound mono though ) with a very young Tony and a wonderful baddie performance from our own Peter Cushing as a Muslim Prince seeking to usurp the British Monarchy.Great Movie - but sadly almost everyone in it is long since dead ( including David Farrar , Torin Thatcher and of course the very beautiful Janet Leigh who had only just married Tony at that time )!Thanks again Blu Ray - great movie - great action - aaaah .....all those yesterdays!

Rudolph Mate (WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE) directs this lightweight tale of knights in armor and ladies fair and it's enjoyable in its unassuming way. A brother (Tony Curtis) and sister (Barbara Rush) brought up as peasants find themselves the wards of an Earl (Herbert Marshall) who holds the secret of the father they never knew. Curtis is trained in the ways of knighthood and falls in love with the Earl's daughter (Janet Leigh). Of course, Curtis is as out of place as an English knight as he was as a Roman in Kubrick's SPARTACUS but his Bronx accent aside, he's physically right for the role and wields a sword and does tumbles that would do Flynn proud but oh, when he opens his mouth. Still, it's harmless romp. David Farrar, Patrick O'Neal and Dan O'Herlihy co-star.The Eureka DVD (a British import) is a gorgeous transfer in all its orginal CinemaScope glory (2.35).

I fell in love with this movie when I was about 8 and have loved it ever since. I'm so pleased to find a copy on dvd so I could show it to my husband. I grew up in the US and myy grandmother and aunt used to watch old movies on AMC (American Movie Classics) and record them on VHS. I saw this movie when I was 8 or so and it was my most-requested movie from then on. I had the biggest crush on Tony Curtis :). Watching it again recently with my husband, it is just as magical and wonderful as I remember and now I want to buy copies for everyone!

Here's Universal Studios first CinemaScope picture, but more importantly, the first anamorphic scope picture in Technicolor (all of the 20th Century Fox premiere releases were in Color by DeLuxe). This EUREKA high-definition transfer is first-rate, and a benchmark for continuing Blu-ray masters of classic films.Curtis and Leigh were hot mid-century contract players for Universal at the time this matinee swashbuckler was released, and that low-budget studio's set pieces are quite evident throughout this production. Universal didn't jump on the CinemaScope stereophonic bandwagon either. Still, it's a quaint costume potboiler with loads of 1950's nostalgia working for it. Wouldn't it be great to see Blu-Ray transfers of other great early scope adventures like KING OF THE KHYBER RIFLES, THE EGYPTIAN, SEVEN CITIES OF GOLD, MOONFLEET etc. etc. etc. etc....

I saw the BLACK SHIELD OF FALWORTH at the cinema as a child in 1954. For me it was a trip down memory lane. It was a film of its time, although people queued in 1954 to see it. Athough today it may look dated and the late Tony Curtis had a 50`s hair style, which was known as the Tony Curtis Haircut,very popular with young men at that time and it was merrie England on the Universal backlot it is still worth a look to any movie buff. I have just watched it on my 42inch tv and found the quality of the dvd acceptable. It is also worth watching to see the villain played by David Farrah a english actor who's talents were wasted by Hollywood.

Love this film, as does one of my daughters who watches it endlessly. Ok, so you have to suspend belief at Tony Curtis and his awful "Brooklyn" accent and some of the other dialogue is extremely dodgy and dated but the movie is a lot of fun and the great plus for me is always the presence of Torin Thatcher whose performances I always enjoy on film.As for the bluray itself, its a triumph of transfer. Probably because of the vibrancy of the original. No extras came with the Bluray but I'm never that bothered as I rarely have time look at these anyway. Would recommend to those who love this kind of Medieval sword and sandals movie.