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18/05/1962 Adventure, Fantasy, Family 1h 34m
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A pretty princess. An evil sorcerer. A hero for the ages.

Overview

The terrible and trecherous Pendragon plans to gain the throne of Cornwall by getting the king to abdicate and to marry his lovely daughter. To help him he has his dreadful witches in his castle and his almost unstoppable sorcery. A giant under his control abducts the princess, but on the way home with her the giant meets farming lad Jack who slays him. This is only the beginning.

  1. Nathan Juran

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Kerwin Mathews

    Jack

  2. Judi Meredith

    Princess Elaine

  3. Torin Thatcher

    Pendragon

  4. Walter Burke

    Gama

  5. Don Beddoe

    Imp

  6. Barry Kelley

    Sigurd

  7. Dayton Lummis

    King Mark

  8. Anna Lee

    Lady Constance

  9. Roger Mobley

    Peter

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2019-08-18
It was nothing. I kill a giant every morning before breakfast. Starts my day right.

It's the fairy tale land of Cornwall, England, and the Black Prince Pendragon (Torin Thatcher) plans to abduct Princess Elaine (Judith Meredith) so as to gain control of the land. However, his plans are at first thwarted when farmers boy Jack (Kerwin Matthews) slays the giant sent by Pendragon to claim the Princess. But Pendragon is not to be denied and a battle between good and evil commences.

There's quite a back story to this United Artists feature film. It's loosely based on the traditional tale "Jack...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$3,000,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

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