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 | Catfight | Bikini

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	....	second unit cameraman
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	....	musical supervisor
Mario Nascimbene	....	composer: special musical effects
Philip Martell	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)

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)
• Centfox (1966) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Studio Canal (2009) (UK) (DVD)
• Video City International (1983) (Greece) (VHS)

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:

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

Filming Locations:

Elstree Studios of Associated British Productions Limited, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company:

Associated British-Pathé

Trivia:

The exterior scenes were filmed in the Canary Islands in the middle of winter, late 1965. Principal photography finished in January 1966, with Ray Harryhausen completing his effects by spring.

Goofs:

Factual errors: A brontosaurus is shown walking up the snow-covered slopes of a volcano. Brontosauruses (brontosauri?) lived in swamps, which supported their enormous weights. They would not have been able to amble up hillsides.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

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She'll never live it down...

Raquel Welch's later, more solid acting performances will never erase our memories of this dinosaur-epic wherein she runs around in full cavegirl regalia. Then again, she may not want them to. Time has been surprisingly kind to this reworking of 1940's "One Million B.C." The special effects are very good, the wilds of prehistoric nature are often excitingly, colorfully captured, and handsome John Richardson is charismatic as a caveman who, along with Welch, ditches his tribe to set out on a personal journey. Yes, it's Raquel in a fur-bikini that most people will remember, but a good time is had by all. **1/2 from ****