Sword of the Valiant
| Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | |
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| Directed by | Stephen Weeks |
| Written by | Philip M. Breen Howard C. Pen Stephen Weeks |
| Produced by | Yoram Globus Menahem Golan |
| Starring | Miles O'Keeffe Sean Connery Cyrielle Clair Trevor Howard Peter Cushing |
| Cinematography | Peter Hurst Freddie Young |
| Music by | Ron Geesin |
| Distributed by | The Cannon Group Inc. |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (often shortened to Sword of the Valiant) is a 1984 dramatic fantasy film directed by Stephen Weeks and starring Miles O'Keeffe, Trevor Howard, Lila Kedrova, Cyrielle Clair, Leigh Lawson, Peter Cushing, and Sean Connery. The film is loosely based on the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, written in the late 14th century, but the narrative differs substantially. It was the second time Weeks had adapted the traditional tale into a film. His first effort was Gawain and the Green Knight (1973).