The Long Ships

– In this elaborately mounted seafaring adventure, Rolfe (Richard Widmark) is a Viking leader with the..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.10 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 6 Minutes
Release Year:
1964
The Long Ships (1964)

In this elaborately mounted seafaring adventure, Rolfe (Richard Widmark) is a Viking leader with the cunning and devious mind of a pirate. Rolfe tells others sailors of "The Mother of Voices," a mammoth bell made of gold and as tall as three men, but he adds enough incorrect details to throw them off the proper trail. However, Aly Mansuh (Sidney Poitier), the leader of a group of ambitious Moors, sees through Rolfe's story, and soon the two are in a breakneck race to be the first to capture the precious bell. The Long Ships also features Russ Tamblyn and Oscar Homolka.

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Release Date:

24 Jun 1964

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated

Director:

Jack Cardiff

Writer:

Berkely Mather (screenplay), Beverley Cross (screenplay), Frans G. Bengtsson (novel)

Main Actors:

Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Russ Tamblyn, Rosanna Schiaffino

Plot:

There is a legend about a great bell, called "The Mother of Voices," made of pure gold, three times the size of a man, made by monks many years ago... This is the story told in the marketplace by a Viking called Rolfe. This information finds its way to the Islamic ruler Aly Manush, who is obsessed with finding the bell. But Rolfe claims not to know where the bell is, and escapes, back to his homeland, to convince his father and brother to give him a ship and crew to replace the one he lost - or to help him steal the Death Ship which belongs to the king - because he does know where the bell is...

Production:

Sony Pictures Entertainment

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%