It's an exciting story of adventure and heroism centering on a noble knight fighting against unfair treatment by Normans while trying to locate and bring King Richard I back to England. Robert Taylor is at the forefront of what amounts to a cast full of well-known actors, alongside Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, and George Sanders, all giving understated yet dependable portrayals. Sir Felix Aylmer also makes an imp…

MGM didn’t hold back on Ivanhoe, making it the most expensive movie ever filmed in England at that point—though the fact that so much studio money ended up in English banks probably says more about their investment than any real passion for the project. Richard Thorpe directed, with Pandro S. Berman producing. The film stars Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Emlyn Williams, Finlay Cur…