prince valiant be son of the exiled king of scandia . travel to camelot and he hop to join the round table knight and reclaim his father throne . but in his way be the mysterious black knight and and love of course will create it own set of problem . the first thing one need to know be if certain member of the valiant cast be play it for laugh . and or and a i suspect and they be badly ham for all they be worth . robert wagner and resplendent in cromwellian wig and sterling hayden be particularly bad and with poor janet leigh look shock to be in the film at repeat interval . it hard to divert attention from such glare overacting and which be a shame a there be decent adventure movie at it heart . it look real nice courtesy of lucien ballard photography and and director henry hathaway know how to craft action sequence { the final sword fight between valiant and sir brack be very special } . but there be a reason why the like of errol flynn and tyrone power be revere in the genre and it because they have the swagger to go with the swash . neither hayden { sound like he read from auto cue } } or the hopelessly miscast wagner come close to make a convincing fist of it . not even jam mason on villain duty a sir brack can stop this from be a candidate for worst medieval picture ever make . 4/10 for it look and costume .