Jack the Giant Killer Movie Review

A young farmer joins a medieval princess on a journey to a distant convent. Along the way, they combat an evil wizard, dragons, sea monsters, and other mystical creatures, and are assisted by leprechauns, a dog, and a chimp. Generally considered a blatant rip-off of The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad – right down to the hiring of Nathan Juran, Kerwin Mathews, and Torin Thatcher – the film nonetheless delivers plenty of fun and excitement of its own. A young Jim Danforth of “Gumby” fame provided the stop-motion animation.

1962 (G) 95m/C Kerwin Mathews, Judi Meredith, Torin Thatcher, Walter Burke, Roger Mobley, Barry Kelley, Don Beddoe, Anna Lee, Robert Gist; D: Nathan (Hertz) Juran. VHS, Beta, LV MGM, FCT