Jack the Giant Killer

1962 94 min ★ 6.5 Adventure, Fantasy, Family

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.

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Cast

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

Details

Director

Nathan Juran

Screenplay

Nathan Juran

Tagline

"A pretty princess. An evil sorcerer. A hero for the ages."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$3,000,000

Production

Edward Small Productions

Reviews

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Wuchak

November 26, 2018

★ 8/10

***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...

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John Chard

August 18, 2019

★ 8/10

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...

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CinemaSerf

November 19, 2024

★ 6/10

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...