The Black Knight

(1954) U

1.25PM, CH4 Middle-aged, 5ft 6in Alan Ladd is strangely cast in the title role of this comic-book take on Arthurian legend. He’s the lowly blacksmith dreaming up a secret identity in order to save the king from conspirators Peter Cushing and Patrick Troughton, and win the hand of Patricia Medina’s fair lady.