Lady Godiva Of Coventry (1955)

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Plot Summary
In 11th-century England, King Edward the Confessor wants saxon Lord Leofric
to marry a despised Norman woman, and has him jailed when he refuses.
In jail, he meets Godiva, the sheriff's daughter, and soon they are wed.
The times are turbulent and Godiva proves a militant bride; unhistorically,
unrest between the Anglo-Saxon populace and the increasingly
influential Norman French lead to her famous ride.
Written by Rod Crawford

Full Cast
Maureen O'Hara .... Lady Godiva
George Nader .... Lord Leofric
Victor McLaglen .... Grimald
Rex Reason .... Harold
Torin Thatcher .... Lord Godwin
Eduard Franz .... King Edward
Leslie Bradley .... Count Eustace
Arthur Shields .... Innkeeper
Robert Warwick .... Humbert
Arthur Gould-Porter .... Thorold
Grant Withers .... Pendar
Anthony Eustrel .... Prior
Kathryn Givney .... Abbess
Sim Iness .... Oswin
Thayer Roberts .... William, Duke of Normandy
Henry Brandon .... Bejac (uncredited)
Judith Brian .... Listener (uncredited)
Tom Cloud .... Listener (uncredited)
Clint Eastwood .... First Saxon (uncredited)
Jack Grinnage .... Blacksmith's Son (uncredited)
Alec Harford .... Tom the Tailor (uncredited)
Philo McCullough .... Captain (uncredited)
Rhodes Reason .... Sweyn (uncredited)
Gene Roth .... (uncredited)
Olive Sturgess .... Girl (uncredited)
Maya Van Horn .... Frenchwoman (uncredited)

Writing Credits
Oscar Brodney also story
Harry Ruskin

Original Music
Hans J. Salter
Frank Skinner (uncredited)

Cinematography
Carl E. Guthrie

Filming Location
Court of Miracles, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Lady Godiva of Coventry is an American historical film,
directed by Arthur Lubin and released in 1955.
It starred Maureen O'Hara in the title role.

Lots of Duke regulars in this, forgettable load of nonsense!!
Directed by Arthur Lubin, who directed 4 early Duke Films
Maureen, less than revealing!!!!,
If it had been made today, who knows!!!
Victor McLaglen, Grant Withers, Arthur Shields
and Henry 'Scar' Brandon.
are at least some interest to Duke fans

Equally so, is a young Clint Eastwood un-credited as a Saxon!!!
Once again, if it was made today,
Clint would have shot everybody in Coventry.
Make my day..Saxon!

User Review

The Queen of Technicolor' discreetly covered!,

Author: ironside

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The sole raison d'être for this forgettable failure is to exploit the legend of Lady Godiva, who in medieval times supposedly expressed her social protests by riding naked through the city on horseback... Not surprisingly, the film did less than deliver the titillating ride that many in the audience may have expected...

A thin story line revolving around a battle between the Saxons and the Normans is developed, with Clint Eastwood taking a drop in screen credits from this low-budget adventure — a tedious embroidered 'hotchpotch' spectacle of Norman intrigue in Eleventh Century England, as the foreigners try to share and conquer the Saxon earl..

Maureen O'Hara plays the gentlewoman famous for her legendary ride while nude through Coventry... Is it to prove the loyalty of the Saxons? Godiva is the wife of Leofric (George Nader) earl of Mercia, who brings under control the Saxon shrew...

The film is a dull comic strip fictitious account...

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