 The screenplay was by Talbot Jennings, and Noel Langley from Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur", first published in 1485 by William Caxton.The film was the second in an unofficial trilogy made by the same director and producer and starring Robert Taylor, coming between "Ivanhoe" (1952) and "The Adventures of Quentin Durward" (1955).All three were made at MGM's British studios at Borehamwood, near London and partly filmed on location.