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[5] [6] However, the use of a red flag to signal no quarter does not appear to have been universal among combatants. Black flags have been used to signify that quarter would be given if surrender was prompt; the best-known example is the Jolly Roger used by pirates to intimidate a target crew into surrender. By promising quarter, pirates ...
Duel is a 1971 American road action-thriller [1] [2] television film directed by Steven Spielberg.It centers on a traveling salesman David Mann (Dennis Weaver) driving his car through rural California to meet a client.
Anton Chekhov's The Duel is a 2010 [1] film directed by Dover Kosashvili.The film is an adaptation of an 1891 novella by Anton Chekhov, "The Duel". [1] [2] Set in a seaside resort in the Caucasus, the story centers on Laevsky (Andrew Scott), an aristocratic civil servant, and his mistress Nadya (Fiona Glascott), whom Laevsky is trying to abandon.
"No Quarter" (song), a song by Led Zeppelin No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded, an album by Page and Plant named after the above song "No Quarter", a song by Scottish pirate folk metal band Alestorm from their album Black Sails at Midnight; No Quarter, a 1932 book by Alec Waugh "No Quarter", an episode of the TV series Revolution
"The Duel" was first serialized in Aleksey Suvorin's newspaper Novoye Vremya from October–November 1891, after which Suvorin edited the novella and published it as a separate edition. The book enjoyed nine re-issues during the 1890s. Chekhov included "The Duel" in Volume 6 of his Collected Works, published by Adolf Marks in 1899–1901. [1] [2]
The duel lasted until one party could no longer fight back. In early cases, the defeated party was then executed. This type of duel soon evolved into the more chivalric pas d'armes , or "passage of arms", a chivalric hastilude that evolved in the late 14th century and remained popular through the 15th century.
The Duel is a 2016 American Western film directed by Kieran Darcy-Smith and written by Matt Cook. The film stars Liam Hemsworth , Emory Cohen , Woody Harrelson , and Alice Braga . The film was released for limited release and video on demand on June 24, 2016, by Lionsgate Premiere . [ 1 ]
Duel at Diablo is a 1966 American Western film starring James Garner in his first Western after leaving the long-running TV series Maverick, as well as Sidney Poitier in his first ever Western. Based on Marvin H. Albert 's 1957 novel Apache Rising , the film was co-written by Albert and Michael M. Grilikhes; it was directed by Ralph Nelson ...