The Highwayman

The Highwayman is a 1951 American historical adventure film directed by Lesley Selander and starring Philip Friend, Wanda Hendrix and Cecil Kellaway. The film was shot in Cinecolor and distributed by Allied Artists, the prestige subsidiary of Monogram Pictures. It was based on the poem of the same name by Alfred Noyes. Plot The Highwayman is an aristocrat who leads a band of criminals who steal from the wealthy to distribute to the needy. Their campaign is broadened when they discover that innocents are being kidnapped and sold into slavery in the colonies. The Highwayman is betrayed to the authorities, soldiers march to set an ambush, his lover Bess sacrifices herself to give warning and he is shot down on the highway as tries to take revenge. Cast Philip Friend as Jeremy Charles Coburn as Lord Walters Wanda Hendrix as Bess Forsythe Cecil Kellaway as Lord Herbert Victor Jory as Lord Douglas Scott Forbes as the Sergeant Virginia Huston as Lady Ellen Douglas Dan O'Herlihy as Robin Harry Morgan as Tim Albert Sharpe as Forsythe Lowell Gilmore as Oglethorpe Alan Napier as Barton Norma Varden as Dowager at Ball Robert Karnes as British soldier John Alderson as British Soldier Production The film was based on a poem by Alfred Noyes written in 1906. Film rights were owned by James Burkett, who sold them to Monogram Pictures in 1946. Monogram announced that Noyes would collaborate on the script with Jack De Witt and Renautt Duncan and the budget was to be one million dollars.