Viewers now appreciate knights in battle, daring heroic stunts, horse riding, swashbuckling and rapier word play with a pinch of sorcery tossed in highlighted by the hilarious knighting of Hubert, his fight against Sir Griswold of MacElwain (Robert Middleton) and an army of midgets in tights storming the castle.
Kaye is in rare form with his singing, dancing and prat falling. His impressive supporting cast includes Angela Lansbury as a princess smitten with Hubert (oddly she is never asked to sing a song), Glynis Johns as one of the Fox’s captains and Hubert’s true love and Basil Rathbone as the villainous King’s adviser Lord Ravenhurst.