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Jason and the Argonauts

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Fantasy adventure starring Todd Armstrong and featuring special effects by Ray Harryhausen. Twenty years after his father's death, Jason embarks on a fantastic voyage, fraught with dangers, to find the Golden Fleece that will enable him to reclaim the throne that is rightfully his.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Jeremy Aspinall

After re-creating the heroics of Sinbad, Gulliver and Captain Nemo in his previous fantasy epics, special-effects maestro Ray Harryhausen then turned his attention to the heroes, gods and monsters of Greek mythology, and produced some of his finest stop-motion magic. Stolid Todd Armstrong stars as the intrepid leader of Greece's greatest heroes whose quest for the legendary Golden Fleece offers up terrific action and a bonanza of monster mayhem - the Avengers of their day must defeat ghoulish harpies, a giant man of bronze and a sword-wielding skeleton army to make off with their booty. Any sword-and-sandal cheesiness is mercifully kept at bay thanks to a menacing but marvellous score from the great Bernard Herrmann, while a cast of British cinema's best (including Nigel Green as a boisterous Hercules and Niall MacGinnis and Honor Blackman as king and queen of the gods) adds gravitas and ensures there's wit and humanity among the derring-do. The result is a gloriously entertaining adventure for adults and children alike.

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Cast

rolenameJasonTodd ArmstrongMedeaNancy KovackAcastusGary RaymondArgusLaurence NaismithZeusNiall MacGinnisHeraHonor BlackmanHerculesNigel GreenHermesMichael GwynnPeliasDouglas WilmerKing AeëtesJack GwillimHylasJohn CairneyPhineasPatrick TroughtonPhalerusAndrew FauldsPolydeucesJohn CrawfordCastorFerdinando Poggi

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rolenameDirectorDon Chaffey

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Theatrical distributor

Columbia Picture Corp. Ltd

Released on

1963-08-15

Languages

English

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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