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Put "Prince Valiant” down as one of the most delightful, romantic adventures to reach any screen re- gardless of size. Ambitious, color- fully eye-filling, and sweepingly re- juvenating in its story contents, this CinemaScope super-sepcial, produced by Robert Jacks, was filmed not only in Hollywood, but also, over a period of nine weeks, in historical castles and estates in England, Scotland and Wales. Director Henry Hathaway states this is the first time in film history that five famous real castles were used in a single non-travelogue. Hathaway, a director noted for his action films, is authority for the statement that there are so many deeds of derring-do in this saga of the age of chivalry that he clings to the unqualified belief that "Prince Val- iant” is the most action-filled and most difficult film he has ever done. Indeed, "Prince Valiant” has action, for it dramatizes the days of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. The Christian King of Scandia was overthrown by a Viking traitor. King Aguar with his wife and son, Valiant, escaped across the North Sea to Britain. The usurper, Sligon, feared revolt as long as the royal exiles remained alive and he ordered his sea-warriors to search for them relentlessly. But, years passed and Sligon had not found the hiding place where King Arthur had given them sanctuary—until a pre- tender to Arthur’s throne, in exchange for aid from Sligon, discovered and passed on the secret of the Scandia’s royal family. How the grown-up Valiant, leads a drive to oust Sligon, exposing the Black Knight whom he kills in the tournament at King Arthur’s court, becomes betrothed to Princess Aleta and finally is dubbed Sir Valiant, Knight of the Round Table, combine to intriguingly tell a story of rare delight. Heading a huge cast including 1700 players, "Prince Valiant” co-stars Robert Wagner in the title role, Janet Leigh as Princess Aleta, Debra Paget as her sister, Ilene, James Mason as the Black Knight, Brian Aherne as King Arthur, Sterling Hayden as the sympathetic Sir Gawain and Victor Mc- Laglen as a loyal Viking warrior.