Sword Of Lancelot (aka Lancelot And Guinevere) (1963)

King Arthur (Brian Aherne) sends his most valued knight Sir Lancelot (Cornel Wilde) to bring the Princess Guinevere (Jean Wallace) back to Camelot to be his wife and Queen of England. But he doesn't count on Lancelot and Guinevere falling in love on the journey back to Camelot. With the exception of some well done battle scenes, this is a rather dull affair. Although in real life married at the time, Wilde and Wallace don't give off much heat. There's much talk of passion but very little of it is visible. Wallace as Guinevere is problematic. She's a wispy voiced and wan Guinevere and as written, she's not very likable either. Wilde does very well in his physical scenes (he's an excellent swordsman) but a rather pallid lovesick knight and his dubious French accent doesn't help things. Aherne does well as King Arthur in his second time around (the first, PRINCE VALIANT from 1954). Wilde is pretty much responsible for everything. In addition to playing Lancelot, he directed and co-wrote (under a pseudonym) and was one of the producers. The colorless Ron Goodwin score is of no help but the wide screen Panavision images of Harry Waxman (THE WICKER MAN) are handsomely rendered. With George Baker and Adrienne Corri.