Product Details

• Actors: Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo, Robert Douglas, Aline MacMahon, Frank Allenby
• Directors: Jacques Tourneur
• Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: July 7, 1994
• Run Time: 89 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6300271269
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,035 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars the lighter side of Lancaster, June 2, 2004

By	Alejandra Vernon "artist & illustrator" (Long Beach, California) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (COMMUNITY FORUM 04)

Though the plot is silly and derivative of "Robin Hood", this film makes a great vehicle for Burt Lancaster, as Dardo "The Arrow", a man who is adored by children, loved by women, and lives in a forest with his band of freedom fighters. It isn't the type of film one usually associates with Lancaster, as he won his awards and fame with serious drama; in his mid-thirties at the time, with chiseled bone structure, an incandescent smile, and an enormous amount of hair, he did his own stunts, some which are astonishing acrobatic feats.

Dardo's sidekick is a mute named Piccolo, delightfully played by Nick Cravat, and the love interest is the lovely Virginia Mayo.
It has a rousing Max Steiner score, lavish sets, and beautiful Technicolor cinematography in golden shades of red and brown by Ernest Haller.
This was one of the first films I ever saw as a child, and it made an indelible impression on me; seeing it over 50 years later, it hasn't dimmed in its charm or exuberance. Total running time is 88 minutes.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Film, December 1, 2005

By	Vlad - See all my reviews

They don't make them like this anymore. Intelligent dialogue. An uplifting score. Absolutely astonishing acrobatics. This film is without nothing. If you have not seen this then you must.

Of course, you have to be a lover of fair ladies; be bitter towards evil; fond of sport; intrigued by wit; amazed by athletes and moved by music. If you're not and hold the disgusting, degenerated views of the viewer who gave the film one star then this film is definitely not for you.

It's Burt at his best and worth every penny- in fact it's a steal at fifteen dollars when it should be priced at two hundred while movies with ill morals and teenage imagination like Harry Potter should be free with cereal box UPC mail-ins.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Appreciate it for what it is, April 8, 2004

By	Richard F. Grantges "truth maven" (MN North Woods) - See all my reviews

In the early '50's Burt Lancaster made a trio of movies, each a send up of a particulat genre. This is his send up of the Robin Hood movie. "The Crimson Pirate" is his unforgettable tribute to the Pirate movie. "Ten Tall Men" pays his respects to Foreign Legion Films. It is evident from the reviews that many or most viewers missed the fact that this film was meant to be "tongue in cheek". Back in those days, Lancaster was the "real McCoy" doing all his athletic stunts himself.