''Dick Turpin's Ride'' (reissued as ''The Lady and the Bandit'') is a 1951 American
adventure film
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directed by
Ralph Murphy
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and starring
Louis Hayward
Louis Charles Hayward (19 March 1909 – 21 February 1985) was a South African-born, British-American actor.
Biography
Born in Johannesburg, Louis Hayward lived in South Africa and was educated in France and England, including Latymer Upper Sch ...
.
It follows the career of the eighteenth century
highwayman
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Dick Turpin
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. It is based on the poem ''Dick Turpin's Ride'' by
Alfred Noyes
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Early years
Noyes was born in Wolverhampton, England the son of Alfred and Amelia Adams No ...
.
Plot
Highwayman Dick Turpin rides 200 miles to save his wife from the gallows in 18th-century England.
Cast
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Louis Hayward
Louis Charles Hayward (19 March 1909 – 21 February 1985) was a South African-born, British-American actor.
Biography
Born in Johannesburg, Louis Hayward lived in South Africa and was educated in France and England, including Latymer Upper Sch ...
as Dick Turpin
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Patricia Medina
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Early life
Medina was born on 19 July 1919 ...
as Joyce Greene
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Suzanne Dalbert
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Biography
Dalbert was born in Paris, France and moved to the United States, follow ...
as Cecile
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Tom Tully
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as Tom King
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John Williams
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as Archbald Puffin
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Malú Gatica
Henrietta Maria de la Luz Gatica Boisier (January 15, 1922 – August 10, 1997), known as Malú Gatica, was a Chilean actress and singer.
Biography
Gatica was born in Purén. With her parents, the journalist Roberto Gatica and Leonie Boisier, G ...
as Baroness Margaret
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Alan Mowbray
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Early life
Mowbray was born in London, England. He served with distinction in the British Army ...
as Lord Charles Willoughby
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Lumsden Hare
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Early years
Hare was born in County Tipperary, Ireland. He studied at St. Duns ...
as Sir
Robert Walpole
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* Barbara Brown as Lady Greene
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Malcolm Keen
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1951 films
American historical adventure films
1950s historical adventure films
1950s English-language films
Films scored by George Duning
Films set in the 1730s
Films set in England
Films directed by Ralph Murphy
Columbia Pictures films
Films based on poems
Cultural depictions of Dick Turpin
American black-and-white films
Films about highwaymen
1950s American films
Cultural depictions of David Garrick
English-language historical adventure films
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