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Release Date: 1962

Cast: Don Beddoe, Anna Lee, Barry Kelley, Kerwin Mathews, Robert Gist, Judi Meredith, Torin Thatcher, Roger Mobley, Tudor Owen, Walter Burke, Dayton Lummis, Ken Mayer

Categories: Movies, Stop motion, Family Film, Fantasy, Adventure

Jack the Giant Killer is a 1962 United Artists feature film starring Kerwin Mathews in a fairy tale story about a young man who defends a princess against a sorcerer's giants and demons. The film was loosely based on the traditional tale "Jack the Giant Killer" and features extensive use of stop motion animation. The film was directed by Nathan H. Juran and later re-edited and re-released as a musical by producer Edward Small. The reason for the change to music was on the grounds that Columbia Pictures, which released The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, threatened to sue Small. The original print... MORE

Jack the Giant Killer is a 1962 United Artists feature film starring Kerwin Mathews in a fairy tale story about a young man who defends a princess against a sorcerer's giants and demons. The film was loosely based on the traditional tale "Jack the Giant Killer" and features extensive use of stop motion animation. The film was directed by Nathan H. Juran and later re-edited and re-released as a musical by producer Edward Small. The reason for the change to music was on the grounds that Columbia Pictures, which released The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, threatened to sue Small. The original print without the music got released 30 years later with no protest from Columbia Pictures, while United Artists continues to own the rights to the musical version of the film. The film brought together Mathews, Juran, Smalls, and actor Torin Thatcher, all four worked on '7th Voyage'. In the Duchy of Cornwall of fairy tale days, the sorcerer Pendragon (Torin Thatcher) plots to gain power by abducting the Princess Elaine (Judi Meredith). To that end, he has fashioned a magic toy that is actually Cormoran the giant. When Cormoran seizes Elaine, a brave farm lad named Jack (Kerwin Mathews) slays the monster LESS