Gawain and the Green Knight is a 1973 British historical adventure film directed by Stephen Weeks, and starring Murray Head as Gawain and Nigel Green in his final theatrical film as the Green Knight. The story is based on the medieval English tale Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and also Yvain, the Knight of the Lion by Chrétien de Troyes and the tale of Sir Gareth in Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur.
Locations used included castles at Cardiff, Caerphilly and Castell Coch, Wales; Peckforton castle, Cheshire; and St Michael's Mount and Roche Rock, Cornwall. St. Govan's chapel on the Pembrokeshire coast was also featured.
Weeks remade the film in 1984 as Sword of the Valiant with Miles O'Keeffe and Sean Connery as Gawain and the Green Knight, respectively.
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Plot
The mysterious Green Knight appears before King Arthur's court in the New Year and demands the head of Sir Gawain as the prize in a bizarre game. Given a year's grace, Gawain sets off in search of the Knight for a rematch.
Cast
Murray Head as Gawain
Ciaran Madden as Linet
Nigel Green as Green Knight
Anthony Sharp as King
Robert Hardy as Sir Bertilak
David Leland as Humphrey
Murray Melvin as Seneschal
Tony Steedman as Fortinbras
Ronald Lacey as Oswald
Willoughby Goddard as Knight
George Merritt as Old Knight
Pauline Letts as Lady of Lyonesse
Richard Hurndall as Bearded Man
Peter Copley as Pilgrim
Geoffrey Bayldon as Wiseman
Jack Woolgar as Porter
Reception
It is rated 5.4/10 on IMDb.