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When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth

An ancient tribe seeks to sacrifice Sanna to the Sun god in a desperate bid to save their tribe from dinosaurs. Tara, a young man from a neighboring tribe, intervenes, rescuing Sanna and taking her with him.

Director(s)

Val Guest

Cast & Crew

Carol Hawkins

Carol Hawkins

Yani

Val Guest

Val Guest

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Drewe Henley

Drewe Henley

Khaku

Victoria Vetri

Victoria Vetri

Sanna

Billy Cornelius

Billy Cornelius

Hunter

Imogen Hassall

Imogen Hassall

Ayak

Jimmy Lodge

Jimmy Lodge

Fisherman

Patrick Allen

Patrick Allen

Kingsor

Sean Caffrey

Sean Caffrey

Kane

Patrick Holt

Patrick Holt

Ammon

Magda Konopka

Magda Konopka

Ulido

Ray Ford

Ray Ford

Hunter

Maria O'Brien

Maria O'Brien

Omah

Robin Hawdon

Robin Hawdon

Tara

Jan Rossini

Jan Rossini

Rock Girl

Connie Tilton

Connie Tilton

Sand Mother

Maggie Lynton

Maggie Lynton

Rock Mother

Details

GenresAdventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Runtime1h 40 mins
Released on25 Oct 1970
Languageen
Produced InUnited Kingdom
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Reviews

whitsbrain

5/10

This sat in my Watchlist for a long time. It's not been available to stream anywhere. Because I'm a nut for stop-motion effects, dinosaurs, and maybe even for cave women, I coughed up the $20 for the blu-ray and watched it. It's not a good movie. There are lots of barely clothed cave people shouting "AKEETA!!!!!" every other word. It's uncertain what that word actually means because all of the actors apparently just made up a language as they filmed. Basically, Sanna and Tara form a bond and everyone else chases them around. If caught, they will be killed because Sanna (Victoria Vetri) was supposed to be sacrificed, escaped, and has made the sun angry or some such thing. In the end, there's a happy ending as the moon is formed from the sun (???!!!), and everyone is killed by a massive tidal wave except Sanna and Tara, and a swinging couple that they've befriended. The stop-motion effects were very well done by Jim Danforth. There were a couple of lesser effects where they glued fins and stuff to a lizard, crocodile, and Komodo dragon, and I'd like to think that Danforth had nothing to do with those misfires. I'm assuming it was done by some other scrub who was forced to do so by cost-cutting executives. In summary, this was not much of a movie, but it was fun to watch. I liked the effects overall, and was very impressed with Victoria Vetri and Magna Konopka, for reasons that might be obvious, but that's my business.

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When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]
When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth / Original Theatrical Trailer (1970)

When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth FAQs

Val Guest is the director of When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth.

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