The Spanish Sword

The Spanish Sword
The Spanish Sword
Directed by	Ernest Morris
Written by	Brian Clemens (story)
Produced by	Edward J. Danziger ; Harry Lee Danziger ; Brian Taylor;
Cinematography	Walter J. Harvey (as Jimmy Harvey)
Edited by	Peter Pitt
Music by	Bill LeSage
Production; company	Danziger Productions
Distributed by	United Artists Corporation (UK)
Release date	January 1962(UK);
Running time	62 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Last updated September 29, 2025

The Spanish Sword is a low budget 1962 British second feature ('B') ^[1] adventure film directed by Ernest Morris and starring Ronald Howard, June Thorburn and Nigel Green.^[2]^[3]^[4] It was written by Brian Clemens and produced by The Danzigers.

Plot

Rebellion breaks out during the reign of Henry III, and a brave knight foils the plans of a baron to steal the treasure of the King.

Cast

Ronald Howard as Sir Richard Clovell
June Thorburn as Lady Eleanor
Nigel Green as Baron Breaute
Trader Faulkner as Philip
Derrick Sherwin as Edmund
Robin Hunter as Thomas of Exeter
Sheila Whittingham as Frances
Barry Shawzin as Redbeard
Garard Green as sergeant

Production

It was the last film shot at New Elstree Studios, wrapping production on 4 December 1961.^[5]

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Loyal knighthood-versus-treacherous tyranny in the reign of Henry III: unconvincing swordplay, tame characterisation and incident, direction without spark."^[6]

TV Guide wrote: "a weak script is saved by some impressive battle scenes and authentic-looking costuming."^[7]

References

↑ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 94. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
↑ "The Spanish Sword". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
↑ "The Spanish Sword (1962)". BFI. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009.
↑ "The Spanish Sword (1962) – Overview". Turner Classic Movies.
↑ Gruner, Tony (7 December 1961). "Television". Kinematograph Weekly . p. 20 – via Internet Archive.
↑ "The Spanish Sword". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 30 (348): 120. 1 January 1963. ProQuest 1305831437.
↑ "The Spanish Sword". TVGuide.com.

External links

The Spanish Sword at IMDb

This article related to a British film of the 1960s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This article about a 1960s adventure film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[Chibnall-1] Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 94. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.

[BFIsearch-2] "The Spanish Sword". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 20 July 2024.

[3] "The Spanish Sword (1962)". BFI. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009.

[4] "The Spanish Sword (1962) – Overview". Turner Classic Movies.

[5] Gruner, Tony (7 December 1961). "Television". Kinematograph Weekly . p. 20 – via Internet Archive.

[6] "The Spanish Sword". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 30 (348): 120. 1 January 1963. ProQuest 1305831437.

[7] "The Spanish Sword". TVGuide.com.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]