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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court: Directed by Tay Garnett. With Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, Cedric Hardwicke, William Bendix. A singing mechanic from 1912 finds himself in Arthurian Britain.
- Tay Garnett
- 2 min
English. Budget. $3.4 million [2] Box office. $3 million [3] A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is a 1949 American comedy musical film directed by Tay Garnett and starring Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, Sir Cedric Hardwicke and William Bendix. [4] Based on the novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) by Mark Twain, the ...
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The book was originally titled A Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Some early editions are titled A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur . In the book, a Yankee engineer from Connecticut named Hank Morgan receives a severe blow to the head and is ...
- Mark Twain
- United States
- 1889
- English
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Following a head injury sustained during a storm, Hank Martin (Bing Crosby) comes to in Camelot in the year 528. Thought to be a criminal, Hank is ...
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- Bing Crosby
- Tay Garnett
- Musical, Comedy
A bump on the head sends Hank Martin, 1912 mechanic, to Arthurian Britain, 528 A.D., where he is befriended by Sir Sagramore le Desirous and gains power by judicious use of technology. He and Alisande, the King's niece, fall in love at first sight, which draws unwelcome attention from her fiancée Sir Lancelot; but worse trouble befalls when ...
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- Tay Garnett
- 1949
- 1
Not surprisingly, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court was one of 1949's movie highlights, putting yet another feather in Paramount's Crosby cap, in addition to remaining the best filmed version to date of Twain's beloved story. Producer: Robert M. Fellows Director: Tay Garnett Screenplay: Edmund Beloin, based on the novel by Mark Twain
A bump on the head sends Hank Martin, 1912 mechanic, to Arthurian Britain, 528 A.D., where he is befriended by Sir Sagramore le Desirous and gains power by judicious use of technology. He and Alisande, the King's niece, fall in love at first sight, which draws unwelcome attention from her fiancée Sir Lancelot; but worse trouble befalls when Hank meddles in the kingdom's politics.
