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Jack the Giant Killer

  • 6.3 /10

  • 45

  • 78%

Plot

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.

Cast

Kerwin Mathews as Jack
Judi Meredith as Princess Elaine
Judi Meredith

as Princess Elaine

Torin Thatcher as Pendragon
Torin Thatcher

as Pendragon

Walter Burke as Gama
Walter Burke

as Gama

Don Beddoe as Imp
Don Beddoe

as Imp

Barry Kelley as Sigurd
Barry Kelley

as Sigurd

Dayton Lummis as King Mark
Dayton Lummis

as King Mark

Anna Lee as Lady Constance
Anna Lee

as Lady Constance

Roger Mobley as Peter
Roger Mobley

as Peter

Robert Gist as Scottish Captain
Robert Gist

as Scottish Captain

Movie Facts

Rated

  • Approved

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • May 18, 1962

Production Companies

  • Edward Small Productions

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

  • Italiano

Budget

  • $3,000,000.00

Revenue

  • -

Runtime

  • 1.57 hrs

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Reviews

***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 …

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 Prin…

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 specia…