The myth of King Arthur brought once again to the screen. Uther Pendragon is given the mystical sword Excalibur by the wizard Merlyn. At his death Uther buries the sword into a stone, and the next man that can pull it out will be King of England.
British producer and director. He was head of the BBC's documentary unit in Bristol, which gave him the opportunity to direct his first film Catch Us If You Can (1965), with the pop group The Dave Clark Five. Director of action films and thrillers, such as Point Blank (1967), Deliverance (1972) and Hope and Glory (1987). He is responsible for remarkable films such as Leo the Last (1970), Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), Excalibur (1981), The Emerald Forest (1985), Beyond Rangoon (1995), The General (1998), or The Tailor of Panama (2001).
