A pretty princess. An evil sorcerer. A hero for the ages.
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.
- 6.5
- 1962
- Released
- 1h 34m
Kerwin Mathews
Jack
Judi Meredith
Princess Elaine
Torin Thatcher
Pendragon
Walter Burke
Gama
Don Beddoe
Imp
Barry Kelley
Sigurd
Dayton Lummis
King Mark
Anna Lee
Lady Constance
Roger Mobley
Peter
Robert Gist
Scottish Captain
Tudor Owen
Chancellor
Ken Mayer
BoatswainHerman Belmonte
Nobleman (uncredited)Sam Harris
Party Guest (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
Celebration Guest (uncredited)Richard LaMarr
Royal Court Member (uncredited)
Jack Mower
Nobleman (uncredited)
Monty O'Grady
Nobleman (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
Celebration Guest (uncredited)
Helen Wallace
Jack's Mother (uncredited)
Released
en
$3,000,000.00
- #princess
- #castle
- #cornwall, england
- #stop motion
- #dragon
- #middle ages (476-1453)
- #giant
- #fantascope
Reviews
Very much in the vein of "the 7th Voyage of Sinbad"; this is a cracking magical adventure with Torin Thatcher stealing the show as the seriously hammy "Pendragon" - the evil wizard determined to have his wicked way with the Princess Elaine and to take over the Kingdom. Wait, though - could newly knighted Kerwin Matthews, erstwhile farm boy who killed a troll, be her saviour? Augie Lohman's special
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 Princ
***Medieval fairy tale with a noble hero, a beautiful princess, an evil wizard & spooky cronies*** A wholesome farm-youth-turned-knight in medieval England (Kerwin Mathews) is enlisted to guard a princess (Judi Meredith) from the schemes of a wicked sorcerer (Torin Thatcher). “Jack the Giant Killer” (1962) is similar to “The Magic Sword,” which was released a couple of months earlier. Some p