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Synopsis: 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.

Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Director(s): Tay Garnett

Actors: Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, Cedric Hardwicke, William Bendix

Production: Paramount Pictures


IMDB:: 6.7
Rotten Tomatoes:: 57%

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Year:: 1949
: 106 min
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Before they come?
Your keepers.
They should be here any minute.
Parley will gain thee not!
Dost admit defeat?
Look, I told you before,
Im in no mood--
Dost admit defeat?
Dost.
By all means, dost.
Forward, knave.
Thou art captive of my lance.
Ill play along
with you.
Hey, tell me, bub,
who art thou?
I hight
Sir Sagramore le Desirous,
Knight of the Round Table.
Howdy.
I hight Hank Martin.
Those turrets--
I've never seen them before,
That can't be Bridgeport,
Yonder, varlet, is Camelot,
Camelot?
Capital of
the kingdom of Britain--
residence in state
of King Arthur's Court.
King Arthur?
What year is this?
This is the year
of our Lord, 528.
Five hundred and twenty-eight?
I guess I owe you an apology,
brother. Im the guy
they're coming after.
Forward, knave.
Raise for Sir Sagramore!
Hold, monster.
Bind the prisoner.
Bind the prisoner!
Here, here. Whoa.
What's this?
Here, now,
there's been a mistake.
Get me a lawyer.
Where's the head fellow
here?
Forward, monster.
Where is the king?
in the Great Hall, sire.
Enough! To thy post.
Aye, sire.
[ Armor Screeches ]
Forward to the Great Hall.
[Fanfare ]
[ Orchestra ]
[ Sneezes ]
Oh, confound this castle.
it's a veritable cave of winds.
Somebody close the door.
The king speaketh.
Close the door!
[Man ]
Close the door!
[Man #2 ]
Close the door!
[Door Slams Shut ]
The door closeth.
When
is sometime
How many days
Until sometime
For my dreams make it clear
That my lover is near
And he ought
to be here about
Sometime
Who
is someone
Who is
this wonderful someone
Oh, Im keeping
my heartstrings
in tune
And hoping
That sometime
is soon
it is I,
Sir Sagramore!
[Armor Screeches ]
Cease thy speaking!
And thy babbling.
Who
is someone
Who is
this wonderful someone
Oh, Im keeping
my heartstrings
in tune
And hoping
That sometime
Is soon
Oh, Im hoping
That sometime
is soon
[Stops ]
Excellent, child.
You take after
my side of the family.
We were all fine singers
until my throat--
Thank you, my liege.
With Your Majesty's permission,
I have prepared
a song for the lute.
it's a simple thing--
Away, child.
if theres one thing
that curdles the appetite
of an already-addled stomach,
it's a lute solo.
Well, well, well, well,
well, well, well, well, well.
What other amusement
have we in store this day?
[ Screeches ]
Sorry, my liege.
Noble King,
I crave pardon for this
most unseemly intrusion,
but I have just returned
from capturing the fiercest...
of all human dragons.
Behold, the monster!
[Murmuring]
I'm a monster.
A weird-looking creature.
How camest thou by him?
'Tis a most wondrous tale,
my liege.

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Mark Twain

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1875) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called "The Great American Novel". Twain was raised in Hannibal, Missouri, which later provided the setting for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. He served an apprenticeship with a printer and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River before heading west to join Orion in Nevada. He referred humorously to his lack of success at mining, turning to journalism for the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise. His humorous story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County", was published in 1865, based on a story that he heard at Angels Hotel in Angels Camp, California where he had spent some time as a miner. The short story brought international attention and was even translated into French. His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers, and he was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty. Twain earned a great deal of money from his writings and lectures, but he invested in ventures that lost most of it—notably the Paige Compositor, a mechanical typesetter that failed because of its complexity and imprecision. He filed for bankruptcy in the wake of these financial setbacks, but he eventually overcame his financial troubles with the help of Henry Huttleston Rogers. He chose to pay all his pre-bankruptcy creditors in full, even after he had no legal responsibility to do so. Twain was born shortly after an appearance of Halley's Comet, and he predicted that he would "go out with it" as well; he died the day after the comet returned. He was lauded as the "greatest humorist this country has produced", and William Faulkner called him "the father of American literature". more…

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