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What a dreadful stink. And TCM had the chutzpah to put it on vs. the 2010 Oscars, which weren't much better than the flick itself. A horrible production, garish color, dopey plot. I could go on and on. TCM really did run some great films I'd never seen before during its "31 Days of Oscar" series, such as "Five Graves to Cairo", with Von Stroheim as Rommel and Franchot Tone as the counterspy.And it was good to see the AMC reran the Godfather series once again, topped off by Scorcese's "Goodfellas" and "The Gangs of New York." I never before realized that the actor who played "Uncle Junior" in "The Sopranos" also had a role as the Meyer Lansky character's aide de camp in "Godfather II".

If there actually were a King Arthur and The Round Table, one of his adversaries while the court was at Camelot is said to have been a warrior chief named Cerdic (sometimes referred to as 'Cedric'). Cerdic's origins are disputed. Some say he was a Cornish Celt invader, others say he was from Celtic Brittany, and others say he was actually a Saxon. And still others say that Cerdic was actually the legendary King we now call 'Arthur'. Whatever and whoever he was, the character of King Mark of Cornwall in this film is evidently based on Cerdic. There are, even today, a number of places near the southeast coast of England that are named after Cerdic. And by the way, although this film is a bit corny and low-budget, it is indeed a Ripping Yarn!!!

I don't know...I thought that it was a great TV show, and would like to see all 13 episodes again. The cast was magnificent, particularly James Cromwell. I had only seen him during those days as 'Stretch Cunningham' in several episodes of "All in the Family." There was also a very stout actress in the show whose role was as an appealing character, and a phlegmatic black fellow name of Al Freeman, Jr., also starred in it with Richard Masur and others. Criticism that this program was left-leaning in terms of its politics is well-taken and probably true. Interestingly enough, Cromwell went to high school and played football on the same team in Pelham, NY with Michael "Mickey" Schwerner, one of the three civil rights workers from the north who were killed in Mississippi. Cromwell's father (by adoption), the director John Cromwell, was on the Hollywood blacklist from 1951-58.