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The War Lord

6.219652h 3mPGMovieHistoryDramaWar

A knight in the service of a duke goes to a coastal village where an earlier attempt to build a defensive castle has failed. He begins to rebuild the duke's authority in the face of the barbarians at the border and is making progress until he falls in love with one of the local women.

DirectorFranklin J. Schaffner
WritersMillard Kaufman·John Collier
ProducerWalter Seltzer

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Cast · Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner

CHCharlton Heston
Charlton Heston
Chrysagon
RBRichard Boone
Richard Boone
Bors
RFRosemary Forsyth
Rosemary Forsyth
Bronwyn
MEMaurice Evans
Maurice Evans
Priest
GSGuy Stockwell
Guy Stockwell
Draco
NMNiall MacGinnis
Niall MacGinnis
Odins
JFJames Farentino
James Farentino
Marc
HWHenry Wilcoxon
Henry Wilcoxon
Frisian Prince
SR
Sammy Ross
Volc
WPWoodrow Parfrey
Woodrow Parfrey
Piet
JAJohn Alderson
John Alderson
Holbracht
AJAllen Jaffe
Allen Jaffe
Tybald

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