Siege of the Saxons


Siege of the Saxons is a 1963 British film directed by Nathan H. Juran and released by Columbia Pictures. Starring Janette Scott and Ronald Lewis, the film is set in the time of King Arthur but the sets and style are from medieval England.

Shooting was conducted around the Home Counties in England and at Bray Studios in Berkshire. Oakley Court near Windsor, Berkshire was used for the castle interiors, Burnham Beeches in Buckinghamshire was the forest, and the final battle scenes were shot at Callow Hill, Virginia Water, in Surrey.The film reused a lot of costumes, props, and footage from the earlier and biggerbudgeted 1954 Columbia film, The Black Knight, starring Alan Ladd and costumes and props from the 1963 film Sword of Lancelot directed by and starring Cornel Wilde. The hero dons Alan Ladds armor from The Black Knight. King Arthur wears the same costume as Brian Aherne did as Arthur in Sword of Lancelot and even looks much the same as Aherne. The film also uses sequences from some of Columbias Robin Hood films. ........

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