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Mountain waterfall with James Donald and Ernest Borgnine in Richard Fleischer's THE VIKINGS Year: 1958 |
Can you have a bonafide epic with only three Viking ships? Well Richard Fleischer's THE VIKINGS at least plays like one thanks to a booming opening narration by Orson Welles and especially Kirk Douglas's usual spirited acting style, neatly curbed by a much more subtle Tony Curtis as his unaware half brother....
The latter an assertive, resilient Viking slave who, we learn from the prologue, is related to Douglas from an England-set pillaging rape by their Viking king father, Ernest Borgnine, full of hearty laughs and a brawling beard, gulping gallons of grog during various scenes in a noisy tavern where the Vikings party like it's 1099.
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James Donald, Tony Curtis and Edric Connor in THE VIKINGS Rates: ***1/2 |
A decent time-filler with an interesting story, don't expect much of a romance. Janet Leigh, who was famously Tony Curtis's real life wife back then, fends-off Douglas and his Viking passion before melting to his sibling's passive charm. Basically we're promised a love triangle that never happens...
Most of THE VIKINGS consists of scenes where those rowdy boats go to England and back (particularly thanks to sophisticated British traitor/mapmaker James Donald), bombastic in battles neatly filmed by the usually dependable studio-friendly Fleischer, stretching a thirty-minute story into two-hours that flows pretty well, thanks more to the colorful characters than their surprisingly sparse and economic sets and locations.
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German actress Almut Berg as Pigtails in Richard Fleischer's THE VIKINGS Year: 1958 |
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Janet Leigh, Dandy Daniels, Kirk Douglas, Ernest Borgnine and James Donald in THE VIKINGS |
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Danish actor Per Buckhøj as Bjorn in THE VIKINGS |
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The rowers in Richard Fleischer's THE VIKINGS |
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James Donald in Richard Fleischer's THE VIKINGS |
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Ernest Borgnine and James Donald in Richard Fleischer's THE VIKINGS |
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Janet Leigh and Dandy Daniels in Richard Fleischer's THE VIKINGS |
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Mountain waterfall wide shot in Richard Fleischer's THE VIKINGS |
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Viking ship Sea Dragon in Richard Fleischer's THE VIKINGS |
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Kirk Douglas rides in Richard Fleischer's THE VIKINGS |
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Kirk Douglas drinks grog in Richard Fleischer's THE VIKINGS |
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Orson Welles narrated opening of Richard Fleischer's THE VIKINGS |
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Orson Welles story-narrated opening of Richard Fleischer's THE VIKINGS |
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Orson Welles story-narrated opening of Richard Fleischer's THE VIKINGS |
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Orson Welles story-narrated opening of Richard Fleischer's THE VIKINGS |
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Orson Welles story-narrated opening of Richard Fleischer's THE VIKINGS |
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Orson Welles story-narrated opening of Richard Fleischer's THE VIKINGS |
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Orson Welles story-narrated opening of Richard Fleischer's THE VIKINGS |
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Janet Leigh and Kirk Douglas in Richard Fleischer's THE VIKINGS |
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The Three Viking ships/boats in Richard Fleischer's THE VIKINGS |
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Viking's oars dip the sea in Richard Fleischer's THE VIKINGS |
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Crow's Nest from a Viking Ship in Richard Fleischer's THE VIKINGS |
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James Donald and Tony Curtis in Richard Fleischer's THE VIKINGS |
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Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis in Richard Fleischer's THE VIKINGS |
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Greg Norman's shark logo was created long ago as proven in THE VIKINGS |
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Alexander Knox and Janet Leigh in Richard Fleischer's THE VIKINGS |
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Oceanic battle sequence in Richard Fleischer's THE VIKINGS |
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Tony Curtis & Kirk Douglas draw swords in Richard Fleischer's THE VIKINGS |
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Time to change the reel in the tavern party room of Richard Fleischer's The Vikings |
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An eyeless Kirk Douglas in Richard Fleischer's THE VIKINGS |
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Once again Almut Berg as Pigtails in Richard Fleischer's THE VIKINGS |
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