Templars in the film. De Bois-Guilbert is killed by Ivanhoe in the film, rather than of natural causes in the novel. In the film, like de Bois-Guilbert, de Bracy is a Norman knight who has returned from the Crusades. In the novel, he is one of Prince John's mercenaries or Free Companions. Ivanhoe assumes the role of the Black Knight (the disguised King Richard in the novel) as well as the Disinherited Knight. He also assumes the role of the minstrel Blondel, the legendary discoverer of the location of King Richard's imprisonment, who does not appear in the novel. In the film, a ransom is collected for Richard. When the novel opens, Richard has already been ransomed. Wamba (in whom the book's characters of Wamba and Gurth are combined) does not die in the novel, but does in the film. In the novel, Locksley is revealed to be Robin Hood and the Clerk of Copmanhurst Friar Tuck. In the film, their true identities are never mentioned. In fact, the clerk appears as a layman, not a churchman. However, Sebastian Cabot's clerk is made up to resemble the Friar Tuck played by Willard Louis in the 1922 film Robin Hood, starring Douglas Fairbanks. Comic book adaptions Fawcett Movie Comic #20 (December 1952). 32 pages in full color plus covers, artist unknown. Sun (weekly comic magazine, Amalgamated Press, London) #177, 28 June 1952 - #197, 15 November 1952. 21 issues, 42 pages in full colour. Drawn by Patrick Nicolle. See also List of American films of 1952 References External links 1952 films 1950s adventure drama films American adventure drama films 1950s English-language films American swashbuckler films Robin Hood films Films based on Ivanhoe Films set in the 12th century Films set in country houses Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Films directed by Richard Thorpe Films produced by Pandro S. Berman Films scored by Miklós Rózsa Films adapted into comics Cultural depictions of Richard I of England Cultural depictions of John, King of England 1952 drama films Films with screenplays by Noel Langley Films shot at MGM-British Studios 1950s American films