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Directed by | Kevin Connor |
Starring |
John Mills Donald Pleasence Barbara Hershey David Birney |
Music by | Frank Cordell |
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88 min. |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Trial by Combat (US title: Dirty Knights' Work) is a 1976 film directed by Kevin Connor. It stars John Mills and Donald Pleasence.
A British organisation known as the Knights of Avalon is discontent that so many criminals can evade the law. So they decide to secretly hunt down these criminals, and battle and execute them with medieval weapons.
One day the founder of the organisation, Sir Edward Gifford, witnesses their actions, and they execute him too. His son, Sir John Gifford, decides to investigate in his father's murder.