Adventures of Sir Lancelot - Volume 7 (DVD)

In 12th century England, the legendary Sir Lancelot battles injustice, greed, and prejudice while serving King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Nothing will stand in the way of Camelot's most courageous hero as he braves catapults and conspirators in this rousing adventure series, which ran from 1955 to 1957. This was one of several different historical adventure series made by British company ITC and expatriate American producer Hannah Weinstein in the late 50s (these also included The Adventures of Robin Hood and The Buccaneers.) In America, Sir Lancelot was shown on NBC, one of the first times a British TV series was shown on a major broadcast network in the United States. Its success stateside encouraged ITC's forward-thinking owner Sir Lew Grade to film the later episodes of Sir Lancelot in color, despite the fact that color television would not exist in the UK for another ten years. This volume includes four of the rare color episodes.

THE BRIDGE: A Pagan curse dooms all those who cross Pontifax Bridge.

KNIGHT'S CHOICE: A prospective knight is banned from competing in a tournament because of his shabby appearance.

THE MORTAISE FAIR: Queen Guinevere's precious gems are stolen during a fire at Mortaise Castle.

THE THIEVES: Lancelot and King Arthur pose as peasants to learn how difficult life is for beggars on the streets.

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