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27/08/1980 Fantasy, Adventure, Action 1h 33m
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Beyond the edge of darkness there is a world of sword and sorcery.

Overview

Hawk the Slayer, after seeing both his father and bride die at the hands of his malevolent brother, Voltan, sets out for revenge and the chance to live up to his title. Tooling himself up with the "mind-sword" and recruiting a motley band of warriors — a giant, a dwarf, a one-armed man with a machine-crossbow, and an elf with the fastest bow in the land — Hawk leads the battle against Voltan to free the land from the forces of evil and avenge his loved ones.

  1. Terry Marcel

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Jack Palance

    Voltan

  2. John Terry

    Hawk

  3. Bernard Bresslaw

    Gort, the Giant

  4. Ray Charleson

    Crow

  5. Peter O'Farrell

    Baldin

  6. William Morgan Sheppard

    Ranulf

  7. Patricia Quinn

    Sorceress

  8. Cheryl Campbell

    Sister Monica

  9. Annette Crosbie

    Abbess

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-01-24
There were an whole slew of these fantasy adventures made in the late 1970s but this one has to be the weakest, despite the presence of Jack Palance as the half decent baddie "Voltan". He's a nasty piece of work who has killed both his dad and his brother's girlfriend and so unsurprisingly, his sibling "Hawk" (John Terry) is out for blood. That's not going to be easy as he will be facing overwhelming odds and more than a bit of magic, but he manages to assemble a disparate band of fellow freedom fighters and armed with a fellow who can fire a crossbow as if it were a Gatling gun, sets about wr...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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