What is The Royal Hunt of the Sun (movie)?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox film | name = The Royal Hunt of the Sun | image = | director = [[Irving Lerner]] | producer = Robert Sisk | screenplay = [[Philip Yordan]] | based_on = {{based on|''[[The Royal Hunt of the Sun]]''|[[Peter Shaffer]]}} | narrator = | starring = [[Robert Shaw (actor)|Robert Shaw]]<br>[[Christopher Plummer]]<br>[[Nigel Davenport]]<br>[[Michael Craig (actor)|Michael Craig]]<br>[[Andrew Keir]]<br>[[William Marlowe]]<br>[[James Donald]]<br>[[Leonard Whiting]] | music = [[Marc Wilkinson]] | cinematography = | editing = [[Bill Lewthwaite]] | studio = [[Cinema Center Films]]<br>Security Pictures | distributor = [[Rank Organization]] (Great Britain)<br>[[National General Pictures]] (United States) | released = {{Film date|1969|10|6|United States|df=yes}} | runtime = 121 minutes | country = United Kingdom<br>United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Royal Hunt of the Sun''''' is a 1969 British-American epic historial drama movie based on the [[The Royal Hunt of the Sun|play of the same name]] by [[Peter Shaffer]]. It stars [[Robert Shaw (actor)|Robert Shaw]] as [[Francisco Pizarro]] and [[Christopher Plummer]] as the Inca leader [[Atahualpa]]. Plummer appeared in stage versions of the play before appearing in the movie. It received mixed reviews from critics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064907/|title=The Royal Hunt of the Sun|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/royal_hunt_of_the_sun|title=Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969)|via=www.rottentomatoes.com}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Royal Hunt Of The Sun, The}} [[Category:1969 drama movies]] [[Category:British drama movies]] [[Category:American drama movies]] [[Category:American epic movies]] [[Category:Movies based on plays]] {{movie-stub}}