June 21 - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court,

Today’s movie is a comedy with a scene that happens on June 21. Watch and enjoy.

       

A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR’S COURT 

Hank Martin is touring an English castle and tells its owner how he seems to know so much about King Arthur. Hank, a Connecticut mechanic got hit by lightning and wakes up in the sixth century in Camelot. After a show trial, King Arthur sentences Hank to be burned at the stake as a sorcerer, but after Hank uses some modern tricks to defeat the wizard Merlin, he is made “The Boss”.  Hank begins romancing Alisande la Carteloise, (who Hank calls Sandy) but he has aroused the hatred of Merlin and Morgan le Fay. When Hank and his friend Sir Sagramore persuade King Arthur to tour his kingdom in disguise so he can personally see the wretched condition of the peasantry, Merlin and Morgan plot a revolt. Then the trio are captured by the evil Sir Logris. On June 21, 528  [1:38:22 to 1:44:39] when they, along with Sandy are about to be sold as slaves, Hank threatens to blot out the sun. When this happens, due to a solar eclipse he recalls happening on that date, they are released, except for Sandy. Hank tries to free her, but is knocked out and awakens back in modern times. After he finishes his tale the owner, Lord Pendragon introduces Hank to his niece Sandy, who looks just like his Sandy. 

                       

The date is given in the film at 1:39:37

Producer - Robert Fellows

Director - Tay Garnett

Screenwriter - Edmund Beloin

Runtime – 1 hour 46 minutes

Released – April 22, 1949

Starring –

Bing Crosby as Hank Martin

Rhonda Fleming as Alisande la Carteloise

Sir Cedric Hardwicke as King Arthur/Lord Pendragon

William Bendix as Sir Sagramore

Murvyn Vye as Merlin

Virginia Field as Morgan le Fay

Joseph Vitale as Sir Logris

Henry Wilcoxon as Sir Lancelot

Richard Webb as Sir Galahad

Alan Napier as High Executioner

Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2015.