Ivanhoe

Drama, Adventure, Romance

Felix Aylmer	Isaac of York
Finlay Currie	Cedric
Robert Douglas	Sir Hugh De Bracy
Joan Fontaine	Lady Rowena
George Sanders	Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert
Elizabeth Taylor	Rebecca
Robert Taylor	Ivanhoe
Emlyn Williams	Wamba (Ivanhoe's Squire)
Francis de Wolff	Front De Boeuf
Norman Wooland	King Richard the Lionhearted

Director	Richard Thorpe; William Hanna; Joseph Barbera
Producer	Pandro S. Berman
Writer	Noel Langley; Aeneas MacKenzie; Sir Walter Scott; Æneas MacKenzie

When Richard the Lion Hearted is held for ransom in Austria, his brother wants to leave him there in order to hold the throne for himself. “Ivanhoe,” a Saxon knight (Robert Taylor), loyal to the real king, tries to raise money for the ransom. He goes to Isaac, a rich Jewish merchant whose daughter Rebecca (Elizabeth Taylor) falls in love with the noble knight. But Ivanhoe has eyes only for Lady Rowena (Joan Fontaine). Isaac will pay the ransom to gain religious tolerance for Jews, but Prince John arrests Rebecca for witchcraft and wants the money for himself. Sir Brian de Bois Guilbert (George Sanders) who is loyal to the Prince has fallen in love with Rebecca and faces the most complex problems as villain of the story. Dressed as the Black Knight, Ivanhoe enters a jousting tournament to win the freedom of Rebecca and, obliquely, the money for the ransom. With the help of Robin of Locksley (Robin Hood), Ivanhoe battles Guilbert at the climax, with winner to take all.