Epic adventure starring Tony Curtis and Kirk Douglas. Eric is a Viking slave who makes a bitter enemy of Einar, ruthless warrior son of the feared Viking leader, Ragnar. However, the family ties of the two adversaries are closer than they know.
This tremendously exciting, if gory, adventure epic was a huge hit for independent producer/star Kirk Douglas, who generously changed the title of Edison Marshall's novel The Viking in order to include his friends Tony Curtis as Eric the Viking, Janet Leigh (Mrs Curtis) as the lovely Princess Morgana and Ernest Borgnine as King Ragnar. Jack Cardiff's Technirama location photography is superb (real fjords!) and Harper Goff's splendid art direction gives a remarkably authentic sense of period. There's a fine feel of lusty enjoyment pervading the movie as unknowing half brothers Douglas and Curtis sustain their bloody Viking feud over the love of princess Leigh and it's hard to see how it could have been made any better. By the way, that uncredited title narration is from Orson Welles.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Eric | Tony Curtis |
| Einar | Kirk Douglas |
| Ragnar | Ernest Borgnine |
| Morgana | Janet Leigh |
| Egbert | James Donald |
| Father Godwin | Alexander Knox |
| Aella | Frank Thring |
| Enid | Maxine Audley |
| Kitala | Eileen Way |
| Sandpiper | Edric Connor |
| Bridget | Dandy Nichols |
| Narrator | Orson Welles |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Richard Fleischer |
