A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949) on Netflix
Approved19491h 46mComedyFamilyFantasy
A knock on the head drops mechanic Hank Martin into King Arthur's time, where he is sentenced to die. He claims wizardry to win the court, and falls for Alisande la Carteloise.
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- Rotten Tomatoes57%
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An accident knocks Hank Martin, a mechanic, out cold, and he wakes in Britain in the sixth century, at the court of King Arthur. He is captured and sentenced to die. He talks his way free by claiming to be a wizard, amazing the king and his court by lighting a match, and Arthur rewards him with a forge of his own, a squire and the name Sir Boss. Hank fills the court with novelties from his own era, among them jazz, safety pins and simple machines, and turns his attention to Alisande la Carteloise, the king's niece. She is engaged to Sir Lancelot, and Merlin and Morgan le Fay resent the newcomer's influence.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)
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- Murvyn Vye's song "Twixt Myself and Me" was cut from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court after the film's world premiere.
- In its second week, with children out of school and Radio City Music Hall opening at 7:45 a.m. for six daily showings, the film set the venue's record with a $170,000 gross and became the number-one film in the United States.
