Anna Lee, Barry Kelley, Dayton Lummis

Kerwin Mathews stars as Jack, a courageous hero who rescues a princess (Judi Meredith) from the evil clutches of the wizard Pendragon (Torin Thatcher) in this Nathan Juran-directed film that melds liv...( read more  read more... )e action with Fantascope special-effects photography. Pendragon wants to be king of Cornwall and decides the only way is to force the present ruler's daughter to marry him, but his plans are foiled when Jack slays Pendragon's henchman.

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G, 95 min.

Directed by: Nathan Juran

Release Date: June 13, 1962

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DVD Release Date: September 4, 2001

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  • April 9, 2007
    One of my favourites as a nipper, an enjoyable old school fantasy full of inventive visual effects and costumes. Torin Thatcher makes a wonderfully malevolent evil wizard.
  • July 3, 2008
    The musical numbers aren't that great, but the Harryhausen special effects make it worth your while.
  • November 13, 2009
    Nicely done. The monsters were not as mythical or detailed as Harryhausen's work 4years earlier in "The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad", but essentially the same story of struggle and romance is there.
  • November 6, 2008
    OMG! I loved this film when I was a kid
  • August 12, 2007
    I loved as a Child and find that if you can find it, it is good to watch with children 6 and older , not sure about younger 'cause of a few spots.
  • July 21, 2007
    It was okay for a little while... but then it just got too wacky for my taste, so I turned the channel. Haha. Cutting edge technology for the time- great work on the monsters and the witches!
  • July 19, 2007
    All CLASSICS are GOOD

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