The Lark

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The Lark

1957

1h 27m

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Adaptation of Jean Anouilh's 1952 play about Joan of Arc, the young girl who led the French to victory against the English in the Hundred Years' War.

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Julie Harris

Joan of Arc

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Boris Karloff

Bishop Cauchon

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Eli Wallach

Dauphin

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Basil Rathbone

Chief Inquisitor

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Denholm Elliott

Warwick

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Jack Warden

Robert de Beaudricourt

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Michael Higgins

Brother Ladvenu

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Elspeth March

Queen Yolande

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Bruce Gordon

La Hire

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Ralph Roberts

Executioner

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Ward Costello

Joan's Father

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Jan Farrand

Agnes Sorel

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Gregory Morton

Monsieur de la Tremouille

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Charles Penman

Archbishop of Reims

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Harry Davis

English Soldier

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