Black Arrow (telefilm)
Black Arrow is a Disney television film filmed in 1984 and released in 1985, based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow A Tale of the Two Roses. It was a Panatlantic Pictures release directed by John Hough, who had directed a filmatisation of another Stevenson novel in 1950, Treasure Island. It was released onJanuary 1985, for broadcast on The Disney Channel and distribution on Disney Home Video VHS.
Sir Daniel arranges for Black Arrows now seventeenyearold daughter Joanna to be taken from the convent to his castle to keep her from being rescued by her father. He also plans to marry her to take full possession of her inheritance.Appleyard is sent by Sir Daniel to one of his tenants to confiscate livestock for the Earl of Warwicks upcoming visit. Richard is also sent to assist Appleyard. Appleyard surmises that Black Arrow will confront him, which he does. Black Arrow accompanied by Lawless and armed with a long bow succeeds in killing Appleyard, armed with a cross bow. Richard challenges the outlaws to a duel with staves, but he is beaten and sent back to Sir Daniel. ........
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