The Highwayman
During the 1700s, a masked bandit robs the rich and aids the poor, to the chagrin of the authorities and the corrupt nobility, and prompting the king to task a ruthless man from the Colonies to capture the outlaw.
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Released
- 1951
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1951
Storyline
During the 1700s, a masked bandit robs the rich and aids the poor, to the chagrin of the authorities and the corrupt nobility, and prompting the king to task a ruthless man from the Colonies to capture the outlaw.
Top credits
Philip Friend — Jeremy
Charles Coburn — Lord Walters
Wanda Hendrix — Bess Forsythe
Cecil Kellaway — Lord Herbert
Did you know
• A screenplay for this film was approved by Alfred Noyes, author of its source poem, as early as the spring of 1947. First announced for a shoot in England over the summer of 1950, ''The Highwayman'' would in fact be filmed in Hollywood - with Simi Valley location shooting - from February 1951.
• This was one of two 1951 cinematic releases based on an Alfred Noyes poem, the other being the Louis Hayward vehicle The Lady and the Bandit (1951), derived from Noyes' poem "Dick Turpin's Ride". Filming on "Lady and the Bandit" was underway by January 1951, one month before "The Highwayman" shoot commenced, with both films' shoots including location filming at the Ray Corrigan Ranch in Simi Valley.
• First film of John Alderson.
User reviews
One of Hollywood's finest classic romantic swashbucklers.
Alfred Noyes Poem as movie swashbuckler
Loved it as a boy of 10
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono, Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
- Color
- Color
