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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Directed by	Tay Garnett
Produced by	Robert Fellows
Written by	Mark Twain (novel) Edmund Beloin
Starring	Bing Crosby Rhonda Fleming Cedric Hardwicke William Bendix
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	April 22, 1949
Running time	106 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is a 1949 musical comedy film (though produced in early 1948) adaptation of the Mark Twain novel of the same name that was distributed by Paramount Pictures.

Plot

Bing Crosby as Hank Martin

Hank Martin (Bing Crosby), an American mechanic, is knocked out and wakes up in the land of King Arthur. Here he finds romance with Alisande La Carteloise (nicknamed Sandy) played by Rhonda Fleming, and friendship with Sir Sagramore (nicknamed Clarence) played by William Bendix, and King Arthur played by Cedric Hardwicke as a semi-perpetual, cold-in-the-nose invalid. But unfortunately, the heroic Hank also finds danger and enmity with both Merlin and Morgan Le Fay as well.

Cast

• Bing Crosby as Hank Martin
• Rhonda Fleming as Alisande La Carteloise
• Cedric Hardwicke as King Arthur
• William Bendix as Sir Sagramore
• Murvyn Vye as Merlin
• Virginia Field as Morgan Le Fay
• Joseph Vitale as Sir Logris
• Henry Wilcoxon as Sir Lancelot
• Richard Webb as Sir Galahad

Songs

• "If You Stub Your Toe on the Moon"
• "When Is Sometime"
• "Once and for Always"
• "Busy Doing Nothing"
• "Once and for Always" (Reprise)
• "Twixt Myself and Me"

All music by Jimmy Van Heusen, lyrics by Johnny Burke. The orchestral score was written by longtime Paramount staff composer Victor Young, who also conducted the orchestra for many of Crosby's Decca Records recordings.

External links

• A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court at the TCM Movie Database
• A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court at the Internet Movie Database
• A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court at Allmovie