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| Richard Harris | ... | King Arthur | |
| Vanessa Redgrave | ... | Guenevere | |
| Franco Nero | ... | Lancelot Du Lac | |
| David Hemmings | ... | Mordred | |
| Lionel Jeffries | ... | King Pellinore | |
| Laurence Naismith | ... | Merlyn | |
| Pierre Olaf | ... | Dap | |
| Estelle Winwood | ... | Lady Clarinda | |
| Gary Marshal | ... | Sir Lionel | |
| Anthony Rogers | ... | Sir Dinadan | |
| Peter Bromilow | ... | Sir Sagramore | |
| Sue Casey | ... | Lady Sybil | |
| Gary Marsh | ... | Tom of Warwick | |
| Nicolas Beauvy | ... | King Arthur as a Boy | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Fredric Abbott | ... | Sir Geoffrey (uncredited) | |
| Leon Greene | ... | Sir Turloc (uncredited) | |
| Michael Kilgarriff | ... | Sir Paul (uncredited) | |
| Christopher Riordan | ... | Serf at execution (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Joshua Logan | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Alan Jay Lerner | (play "Camelot") | |
| Alan Jay Lerner | screenplay & | |
| T.H. White | from "The Once and Future King" | |
Produced by | |||
| Jack L. Warner | .... | producer | |
| Joel Freeman | .... | associate producer (uncredited) | |
Original Music by | |||
| Frederick Loewe | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Richard H. Kline | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Folmar Blangsted | |||
Production Design by | |||
| John Truscott | |||
| Edward Carrere | (uncredited) | ||
Art Direction by | |||
| Edward Carrere | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| John Brown | (as John W. Brown) | ||
Costume Design by | |||
| John Truscott | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Gordon Bau | .... | makeup supervisor | |
| Jean Burt Reilly | .... | supervising hair stylist | |
Production Management | |||
| Joel Freeman | .... | production supervisor (uncredited) | |
| Tadeo Villalba | .... | unit manager (uncredited) | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Arthur Jacobson | .... | assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| Edward Carrere | .... | set designer | |
| John Truscott | .... | scenery designer | |
| Craig Binkley | .... | set dresser (uncredited) | |
| Ward Preston | .... | set designer (uncredited) | |
| José María Tapiador | .... | assistant set decorator (uncredited) | |
Sound Department | |||
| M.A. Merrick | .... | sound | |
| Dan Wallin | .... | sound | |
| Philip Rogers | .... | sound recordist: restoration (restored version) (uncredited) | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Chief | .... | leather shop foreman (uncredited) | |
| Charles E. Dolan | .... | prop shop: leather work (uncredited) | |
| Stanford Overbay | .... | special effects assistant (uncredited) | |
| Robie Robinson | .... | special effects supervisor (uncredited) | |
Stunts | |||
| Joe Canutt | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Tap Canutt | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Paula Dell | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Tom Dittman | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Lee Faulkner | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Loren Janes | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Russ McCubbin | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Hal Needham | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| George Orrison | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Jack Williams | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Paul Jacobsen | .... | electrician (uncredited) | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Haleen K. Holt | .... | costume illustrator (uncredited) | |
| Andrea E. Weaver | .... | costumer: women (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Ken Darby | .... | music associate | |
| Jack Hayes | .... | orchestrator | |
| Pete King | .... | orchestrator | |
| Alfred Newman | .... | conductor | |
| Alfred Newman | .... | music supervisor | |
| Trude Rittman | .... | music liaison | |
| Buddy Schwab | .... | musical staging associate | |
| Leo Shuken | .... | orchestrator | |
| Gus Levene | .... | orchestrator (uncredited) | |
| Gene Merlino | .... | singing voice: Lancelot Du Lac (uncredited) | |
Other crew | |||
| Joel Freeman | .... | assistant to producer | |
| Moss Hart | .... | play director | |
| Dr. Daniel Vandraegen | .... | speech consultant | |
| Wayne Fitzgerald | .... | title designer (uncredited) | |
| Crayton Smith | .... | script supervisor trainee (uncredited) | |
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I wish I had seen the original Broadway production of Camelot. As a lad the Broadway cast album was a treasured staple in our house, played over and over again by my parents. Can you imagine a cast led by Richard Burton, Julie Andrews and introducing Robert Goulet as Lancelot?
So why couldn't Warner Brothers sign the original cast from Broadway for the movie? Robert Goulet had in fact come to Hollywood and didn't set the world on fire, but the other two were already big box office names by 1967. Julie Andrews had won an Oscar for Mary Poppins and just did the Sound of Music. And Richard Burton was one half of the most noted show business couple of the Sixties with his wife Elizabeth Taylor.
Jack Warner, usually a smart guy, said that he didn't think that anyone would believe that two guys like Arthur and Lancelot would put a kingdom at risk for the love of Mary Poppins. So Julie wasn't even asked and Vanessa Redgrave got the call. She's certainly sexy enough, but she opted for the Rex Harrison talk/sing in doing Guinevere. If you have the video or DVD of Camelot play that and then listen to Julie Andrews sing from the original cast album. My favorite song from the score is I Loved You Once In Silence and Julie Andrews is at her best singing that song. Vanessa doesn't come close.
Ditto for Richard Burton and Richard Harris. Though in the case of Harris I think he was toning it down a mite for a clearly handicapped co-star in the vocal department. Harris later in his life toured extensively in various productions of Camelot as Arthur, virtually taking over the role originated by his close friend Burton.
The biggest hit from the Camelot score was If Ever I Would Leave You, sung by Robert Goulet. In 1961 you couldn't get away from that song being played on the radio right in the midst of all the rock and roll. Goulet also toured in various stock companies of Camelot and like both Burton and Harris revived it on Broadway. I don't think anyone ever asked Franco Nero to tour.
But Redgrave and Nero certainly created their own screen magic, they got involved with each other on the set. But folks this is a musical and musically they don't measure up.
David Hemmings takes over the role of Mordred from Roddy McDowall who did it on stage. His Mordred is a clever schemer, but a coward as well. For myself the best Mordred ever portrayed on screen was in Knights of the Round Table by Stanley Baker. Baker's interpretation of Mordred is light years from Hemmings, he's a schemer, but he's definitely no coward.
I love the score of Camelot and when it was filmed I only wish the singing was half as good as the Broadway show.