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The Vikings

Name: The Vikings
Director: Richard Fleischer
Genre: Adventure, History, Action
Released: 1958
Rating: 7
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine, Janet Leigh, James Donald

Einar, brutal son of the viking Ragnar and future heir to his throne, tangles with clever slave Eric, for the hand of a beautiful English maiden.

1958 · Directed by Richard Fleischer · 115 min · Adventure · History · Action · 17 frames

Tagline

Mightiest Of Men... Mightiest Of Spectacles... Mightiest Of Motion Pictures!

Crew

Screenplay: Calder Willingham
Cinematography: Jack Cardiff
Music: Mario Nascimbene
Production design: Harper Goff
Produced by: Jerry Bresler

Cast

Kirk Douglas as Einar
Tony Curtis as Eric
Ernest Borgnine as Ragnar
Janet Leigh as Morgana
James Donald as Lord Egbert
Alexander Knox as Father Godwin
Maxine Audley as Enid
Frank Thring as Aella
Eileen Way as Kitala
Edric Connor as Sandpiper

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studios: Brynaprod S.A., Curtleigh Productions, United Artists
Budget: $5,000,000
Box office: $20,311
Themes: based on novel or book, scandinavia, vikings (norsemen), norway, unknown father, slave, swashbuckler, one eyed man, sailing ship, one armed man

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More by Richard Fleischer

Soylent Green — 1973
Doctor Dolittle — 1967
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea — 1954
Fantastic Voyage — 1966
Barabbas — 1961
Mr. Majestyk — 1974
10 Rillington Place — 1971
The Boston Strangler — 1968
The Narrow Margin — 1952
Compulsion — 1959
Mandingo — 1975
See No Evil — 1971
Conan the Destroyer — 1984
Red Sonja — 1985

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