Maureen Swanson

A writer who heads overseas to Spain to help a former comrade ends up involved in a spy plot that involves chemical secrets, romance, and death.

Set in the late 19th-century in the Australia Outback, two brothers seeking adventure join a gang of bank robbing outlaws but then quickly discover this life of crime is not for them and try to get out before it is too late.

Harrington Brande (Michael Hordern), a British diplomat who recently broke up with his wife, is stationed in a small coastal town in Spain with his son, Nicholas (Jon Whiteley). Harrington is unreasonably possessive of Nicholas, and becomes jealous when he begins to form a close friendship with Jose (Dirk Bogarde), their gentle gardener. When Harrington decides to frame Jose for a crime to end their relationship, Nicholas becomes enraged and runs away from home.

The legend of King Arthur comes alive in this Oscar-nominated picture starring Ava Gardner as Lady Guinevere, Robert Taylor as Sir Lancelot and Mel Ferrer as the noble King Arthur.