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12/06/1981 Adventure, Fantasy, Action 1h 58m
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Experience the fantastic

Overview

To win the right to marry his love, the beautiful princess Andromeda, and fulfil his destiny, half-God-half-mortal Perseus must complete various tasks including taming Pegasus, capturing Medusa's head and battling the feared Kraken.

  1. Desmond Davis

    Director

  2. Beverley Cross

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Harry Hamlin

    Perseus

  2. Judi Bowker

    Andromeda

  3. Burgess Meredith

    Ammon

  4. Maggie Smith

    Thetis

  5. Ursula Andress

    Aphrodite

  6. Claire Bloom

    Hera

  7. Siân Phillips

    Cassiopeia

  8. Flora Robson

    A Stygian Witch

  9. Laurence Olivier

    Zeus

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-04-04
I remember going to see this at a cinema in Glasgow aged 13 and loving every minute of it. The combination of some great Greek myth and some superb Ray Harryhausen stop motion animation was enthralling. 40-odd years later, it's still a great action adventure film that kicks off with a rousing orchestral score from Laurence Rosenthal then introduces us to poor "Perseus" (Harry Hamlin) who is living peaceably with his mother on a quiet island, unaware that he has a great destiny. Helped along the way by the rather mischievous "Thetis" (Maggie Smith) he arrives in the city of Joppa where he solve...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$12,000,000.00

Revenue
$41,092,328.00

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