The Scarlet Blade (Aka The Crimson Blade) Blu-Ray

Lionel Jeffries (First Men in the Moon), Oliver Reed (The Damned), Jack Hedley (The Secret of Blood Island), and June Thorburn (The Three Worlds of Gulliver) star in Hammer's The Scarlet Blade. During the English Civil War, Roundhead leader Colonel Judd (Jeffries) kidnaps King Charles I with the help of his sadistic second-in-command, Captain Sylvester (Reed). The task of rescuing the king falls to the mysterious Scarlet Blade (Hedley), with the help of Judd's daughter Claire (Thorburn). The Scarlet Blade is directed by John Gilling (The Pirates of Blood River) and is an action-packed period drama. INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION Bonus material High-resolution remaster Original mono soundtrack Two presentations of the film: The Scarlet Blade, with the original British title sequence, and The Crimson Blade, with the alternative American titles New audio commentary with Kevin Lyons, editor of The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Films and Television Hammer's Women: June Thorburn (2020, 19 min): profile of The Scarlet Blade actress by film historian Josephine Botting Stephen Laws introduces "The Scarlet Blade" (2020, 7 min): appreciation of the acclaimed horror writer Doing Battle (2020, 8 min): second assistant director Hugh Harlow and continuity supervisor Pauline Wise discuss the challenges of making the film Almost an Auteur (2020, 28 min): horror writer and critic Kim Newman looks at director John Gilling's career and discusses the films he made for Hammer Appropriately Military (2020, 12 min): appreciation of Gary Hughes' film music by David Huckvale, author of Hammer Film Scores and the Musical Avant-Garde Original American cinema trailer Image gallery: advertising and marketing material New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing