The Lark

Adaptation of Jean Anouilh's 1952 play about Joan of Arc, the young girl who led the French to victory against the English in the Hundred Years' War.

Cast

Julie Harris

as Joan of Arc

Boris Karloff

as Bishop Cauchon

Eli Wallach

as Dauphin

Basil Rathbone

as Chief Inquisitor

Denholm Elliott

as Warwick

Jack Warden

as Robert de Beaudricourt

Michael Higgins

as Brother Ladvenu

Elspeth March

as Queen Yolande

Bruce Gordon

as La Hire

Ralph Roberts

as Executioner

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