One Million Years B.C. (1966)

Director:

Don Chaffey

Writers:

Michael Carreras (screenplay)
Mickell Novack (adapted from an original screenplay by) ...
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Release Date:

21 February 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Fantasy

Tagline:

MEN AND MONSTERS BATTLE TO RUKEE THE EARTH!

Plot:

Caveman Tumak is banished from his savage tribe. He finds a brief home among a group of gentle seacoast...

Plot Keywords:

Tribe | Volcano | Caveman | Spear | Male Female Relationship

Cast

Raquel Welch	...	Loana
John Richardson	...	Tumak
Percy Herbert	...	Sakana
Robert Brown	...	Akhoba
Martine Beswick	...	Nupondi
Jean Wladon	...	Ahot
Lisa Thomas	...	Sura
Malya Nappi	...	Tohana
Richard James	...	Young Rock Man
William Lyon Brown	...	Payto
Frank Hayden	...	1st Rock Man
Terence Maidment	...	1st Shell Man
Micky De Rauch	...	1st Shell Girl
Yvonne Horner	...	Ullah
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
James Payne	...	One of the Cave People (uncredited)
Vic Perrin	...	Narrator (uncredited)
Nikki Van der Zyl	...	Loana (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Don Chaffey

Writing credits
Michael Carreras		(screenplay)
Mickell Novack		(adapted from an original screenplay by) (as Mickell Novak) &
George Baker		(adapted from an original screenplay by) &
Joseph Frickert		(adapted from an original screenplay by)

Produced by
Michael Carreras	....	producer
Aida Young	....	associate producer
Hal Roach	....	associate producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Mario Nascimbene

Cinematography by
Wilkie Cooper		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Tom Simpson

Art Direction by
Robert Jones

Costume Design by
Carl Toms

Makeup Department
Olga Angelinetta	....	hairdressing supervisor
Wally Schneiderman	....	makeup supervisor

Production Management
John Wilcox	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dennis Bertera	....	assistant director (as Denis Bertera)
Colin Lord	....	second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Kenneth McCallum Tait	....	assistant art director
Bill Beavis	....	scenic artist (uncredited)
Colin Monk	....	draughtsman (uncredited)

Sound Department
Roy Baker	....	sound editor
Alfred Cox	....	sound editor
A.W. Lumkin	....	recording director
Bill Rowe	....	sound mixer
Len Shilton	....	sound mixer

Special Effects by
George Blackwell	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Ray Harryhausen	....	special visual effects creator
Bob Cuff	....	matte painter (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
David Harcourt	....	camera operator
Jack Mills	....	cameraman: second unit
Steve Birtles	....	gaffer (uncredited)
Pierre Luigi	....	still photographer (uncredited)
Ken Nicholson	....	clapper loader (uncredited)
Martin O'Connor	....	key grip (uncredited)
Ronnie Pilgrim	....	still photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ivy Baker	....	wardrobe mistress

Editorial Department
James Needs	....	supervising editor
Robert C. Dearberg	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Philip Martell	....	music supervisor
Mario Nascimbene	....	composer: special musical effects

Other crew
Les Bowie	....	prologue designer
Gladys Goldsmith	....	continuity
Marjorie Lavelly	....	continuity (as Marjory Lavelly)
John Trehy	....	production accountant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Associated British-Pathé (presents) (as Associated British-Pathe Limited)
• Hammer Film Productions (as A Hammer Film Production)
• Seven Arts Productions (uncredited)

Distributors

• Associated British-Pathé (1966) (UK) (theatrical)
• Warner-Pathé Distributors (1966) (UK) (theatrical) (released through) (as Warner-Pathe Distributors Limited)
• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1967) (USA) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1970) (USA) (TV)
• Warner Home Video (1989) (UK) (VHS)
• Fox Video (1996) (USA) (VHS) (Pan-and-scan for Twentieth-Century Fox Home Entertainment)
• Warner Home Video (2002) (UK) (VHS)
• Studio Canal (2009) (UK) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

100 min | USA:91 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

Canada:G (Nova Scotia) | Sweden:15 | Singapore:PG | UK:PG (video rating) (1989) (2002) (2006) | UK:A (original rating) | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England, UK

Company:

Associated British-Pathé

Trivia:

As the Shell People are attacked by a giant turtle, the women call it "Achelon" which is the real scientific name for the animal.

Goofs:

Factual errors: No Pterosaur (winged reptile) would be able to lift up an adult human. To be able to fly, they had to be extremely light-weight, and even the biggest species weighed only about a hundred kilograms. Aside from this, they were mostly fish-eaters or scavengers, so humans would be completely off-menu. Finally, Pterosaurs didn't have the ability to grasp and hold objects with their feet.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Narrator:This is a story of long, long ago; when the world was just beginning.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "God, the Devil and Bob: There's Too Much Sex on TV (#1.10)" (2001)

Solid-gold

One Million Years B.C. is THE film that made me a movie fan and lover of all things prehistoric! Ray Harryhausen's creatures are great, the music adds superbly to the atmosphere, the location photography looks just right (just ignore the occasional obvious set), and there has never been a better-looking cavegirl than Raquel Welch!

A solid-gold guilty pleasure! Actually, what's there to be guilty about? This film is solid-gold entertainment!