Watch A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court (1949) Free Online

Release Date: 1949   Duration: 106 min

Cast: William Bendix, Rhonda Fleming, Bing Crosby, Cedric Hardwicke

Categories: Movies, Adventure film, Comedy film, Musical comedy, Musical, Fantasy, Time travel

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is a 1949 American musical comedy film directed by Tay Garnett and starring Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, and William Bendix. Based on the 1889 novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain, the film is about a mechanic in 1912 who bumps his head and finds himself in Arthurian Britain in AD 528, where he is...  MORE

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is a 1949 American musical comedy film directed by Tay Garnett and starring Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, and William Bendix. Based on the 1889 novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain, the film is about a mechanic in 1912 who bumps his head and finds himself in Arthurian Britain in AD 528, where he is befriended by a knight and gains power by judicious use of technology. When he falls in love with the King's niece, her fiancée Sir Lancelot takes exception, and when he meddles in the politics of the kingdom, trouble ensues. Filmed in early 1948, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court was released April 22, 1949, distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film was a popular success and became one of the highlight films of 1949. LESS