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Director
  
Music director
  
Miklos Rozsa

Duration
  

Language
  
English

5.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Adventure

Producer
  
Country
  
United States

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Release date
  
August 5, 1955 (1955-08-05)

Writer
  
Robert Hardy Andrews (story), Christopher Knopf

Cast
  
(Lady Mary), (Michael Dermott), (James - Duke of Brampton), (Charles II), (Jack)

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The King's Thief is a 1955 swashbuckling CinemaScope adventure film directed by Robert Z. Leonard. Released on August 5, 1955, the film takes place in London at the time of Charles II and stars Ann Blyth, Edmund Purdom, David Niven, George Sanders and Roger Moore.

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Plot

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James (Niven), the Duke of Brampton and the richest man in England, is so trusted by King Charles II (Sanders), he is able to have two of the King's loyal friends executed for treason. The second is the father of Lady Mary (Blyth). She travels from France to London to seek justice. While there, she meets Michael Dermott (Purdom), a soldier who fought to restore Charles to the throne.

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He and many others were never paid for their services, unbeknownst to the King. He therefore turned highwayman. He and his comrades rob the Duke and come into possession of the Duke's notebook. In it are listed twelve rich and powerful people, as well as details of their possessions. Two names are crossed out; it does not take long for Michael to realize that the other ten are in peril for their lives. Michael first tries to blackmail the Duke, but without much success. A fence named Simon betrays his hiding place. Michael and his comrade Jack (Moore) escape from the Duke's soldiers, though Michael is wounded in the shoulder. Adventure abounds as the Duke tries to retrieve his property before it can be used against him.

Cast

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  • Ann Blyth ... Lady Mary
  • Edmund Purdom ... Michael Dermott
  • David Niven ... James - Duke of Brampton
  • George Sanders ... Charles II
  • Roger Moore ... Jack
  • John Dehner ... Captain Herrick
  • Sean McClory... Sheldon
  • Tudor Owen ... Simon
  • Melville Cooper ... Henry Wynch
  • Alan Mowbray ... Sir Gilbert Talbot
  • Rhys Williams ... Turnkey
  • Joan Elan ... Charity Fell
  • Charles Davis ... Apothecary
  • Ashley Cowan ... Skene
  • Ian Wolfe ... Fell
  • Paul Cavanagh ... Sir Edward Scott
  • Lillian Kemble-Cooper ... Mrs. Fell
  • Isobel Elsom ... Mrs. Bennett
  • Milton Parsons ... Adam Urich
  • Jacob Hall ... Lord Layton
  • Queenie Leonard ... Apothecary's Wife
  • Owen McGiveney ... Hoskins
  • Robert Dix ... Husky
  • Michael Dugan ... Husky
  • James Logan ... Guard
  • Jimmy Aubrey ... Little Man (uncredited)
  • Leonard Carey ... Servant (uncredited)
  • Leslie Denison ... Beadle (voice) (uncredited)
  • Ronald Green ... Hired Swordsman (uncredited)
  • Peter Hansen ... Isaac Newton (uncredited)
  • Ramsay Hill ... Lord (uncredited)
  • Charles Keane ... Guard (uncredited)
  • Keith McConnell ... Usher (uncredited)
  • John Monaghan ... Shaddy (uncredited)
  • Matt Moore ... Gentleman (uncredited)
  • Clive Morgan ... Captain of Guards (uncredited)
  • Vesey O'Davoren ... Courier (uncredited)
  • Gordon Richards ... Courier (uncredited)
  • Lewis L. Russell ... Gentleman (uncredited)
  • Gilchrist Stuart ... Clerk (uncredited)
  • Trevor Ward ... Perspiring Man (uncredited)
  • Trude Wyler ... Celestine (uncredited)
  • Reception

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    According to MGM records the film earned only $478,000 in the US and Canada and $1,071,000 elsewhere, resulting in a loss of $707,000.


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