| Trial by Combat | |
| Director: | Kevin Connor |
| Producer: | Paul Heller Fred Weintraub |
| Starring: | John Mills Donald Pleasence Barbara Hershey David Birney Margaret Leighton Peter Cushing Brian Glover John Savident |
| Music: | Frank Cordell |
| Cinematography: | Alan Hume |
| Editing: | Willy Kemplen |
| Distributor: | Gamma III |
| Runtime: | 88 minutes |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
Trial by Combat (US title: Dirty Knights' Work) is a 1976 British action adventure comedy film directed by Kevin Connor and starring John Mills and Donald Pleasence.[1] [2] [3]
A British organisation known as the Knights of Avalon is discontent that so many criminals can evade the law. So they decide to secretly hunt down these criminals, and battle and execute them with medieval weapons.
One day the founder of the organisation, Sir Edward Gifford, witnesses their actions, and they execute him too. His son, Sir John Gifford, decides to investigate his father's murder.