May 31 movie: The Adventures of Quentin Durward. This was a fun swashbuckler starring Robert Taylor. Although Robert Morley threatens to steal the movie as the conniving King Louis XI of France. The buckle is well swashed (including an amazing fight scene involving church bells and a flaming pit -- we thought we were watching Iron Monkey set in 15th century France), but the movie also uses humor to keep things fun. I could have lived without the running jokes about how the gypsies are immoral and the scots are cheap, but otherwise I really enjoyed the light tone of the movie. There was also the unintentional humor of the title character's name: most of the actors put on these vaguely British accents, and every time anyone said "Durward" I heard Endora from Bewitched sneering "Durwood."
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