Answer Cut: Jean wonders how they could get somebody inside the castle close to the king with access to his chamber.He also burns his backside against a hot brazier during the knighting ceremony, and finally, when he accepts Griswold's challenge of mortal combat, he attempts to smack Griswold and hurts his hand. Near the end of "The Maladjusted Jester", he stamps his foot hard enough to hurt his leg, although he seems fine when he resumes singing. Later, as he bows to Roderick when the latter first meets Jean, he bangs himself against the wall before walking away. When he leaves his chambers to go and seduce Gwendolyn after being hypnotized, he bangs his hand against the wall as he turns to the door. Amusing Injuries: Hawkins to himself a few times.Anachronism Stew: Ravenhurst and Locksley observe Hawkins arriving at the castle through telescopes, which were invented in the 17th century, several hundred years after the film is set.All There in the Manual: Ravenhurst's main ally is not named inside the film, but other materials reveal his name to be Sir Locksley.All for Nothing: The film's most famous bit-"The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle"-goes on for a solid five minutes.only for King Roderick to declare that there will be no toast, so no one ends up drinking from either chalice.The birthmark that reveals the true King is the "purple pimpernel.".
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Abusive Parents: Roderick gets a moment of this when he tells Gwendolyn that she will marry Griswold no matter what, and that if she makes any false move, he will have her killed, regardless of the fact she is his daughter.Now they must rely on their wits to keep the child from being found. When two of the outlaws, Hubert Hawkins and Maid Jean, try to take the child to safety, they wind up within the walls of the usurper's castle. The Black Fox, and his band of outlaws, have sworn to protect the true king.īut fate conspires to put the child in greater danger than ever before. Roderick recently usurped the throne as king and now only an infant boy survives from the true line. The royal family of old England has been wiped out. A lot of it is thanks to the talent of Danny Kaye, who is about as unlikely an adventure hero as you could get, and the film makes sure to milk every drop of that.
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This 1956 musical-comedy Farce, written and directed by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank and starring Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury, Cecil Parker, Mildred Natwick, and John Carradine, has been a Cult Classic on TV for years, mercilessly mocking the conventions of medieval Swashbuckler films of the 1930s through the '50s.
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