The read
Audiences rate it 32 points higher than critics do. Most of the 397 1980s adventure movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
Gawain was a squire in King Arthur's court when the Green Knight burst in and offered to play a game with a brave knight. Gawain journeys across the land, learning about life, saving damsels, and solving the Green Knight's riddle.
Ratings
IMDb4.4/10
Metacritic12/100
Audiences rate it 32 points higher than critics do.
61 audience votes
Key crew
- Stephen WeeksDirector
- Howard C. PenScreenplay
- Stephen WeeksScreenplay
- Ron GeesinOriginal Music Composer
- Philip M. BreenScreenplay
Cast
- Miles O'KeeffeSir Gawain
- Cyrielle ClairLinet
- Leigh LawsonHumphrey
- Sean ConneryThe Green Knight
- Trevor HowardThe King
- Peter CushingSeneschal
- Ronald LaceyOswald
- Lila KedrovaLady of Lyonesse
- John Rhys-DaviesBaron Fortinbras
- Wilfrid BrambellPorter
- Bruce LidingtonSir Bertilak
- Douglas WilmerThe Black Knight
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Themes
riddleremakeknightking arthurbased on song, poem or rhymemiddle ages (476-1453)squiresword and sorcerygawain