The Black Rose

The Black Rose

An adventure that will blaze... A love that will flame... 'till the stars grow cold...

1950 · 116 min · ★ 6.5 · War, Adventure, History

In the 13th century, Walter of Gurnie, a disinherited Saxon youth, is forced to flee England. With his friend, Tristram, he falls in with the army of the fierce but avuncular General Bayan, and journeys all the way to China, where both men become involved in intrigues in the court of Kublai Khan.

Directed by Henry Hathaway · Written by Talbot Jennings

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