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When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth ()

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Sanna escapes being sacrificed and meets Tara. Together, they live in a seaside tribe that worships the Sun God and survive the dangers of the creatures from the Mesozoic Era.
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Sanna
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Tara
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Kingsor / Narrator
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Khaku
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Kane
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Ulido
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Ayak
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Ammon
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Rock Girl
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Yani (as Carol-Anne Hawkins)
Maria O'Brien ...
Omah
Connie Tilton ...
Sand Mother
Maggie Lynton ...
Rock Mother
Jimmy Lodge ...
Fisherman
Billy Cornelius ...
Hunter
Ray Ford ...
Hunter
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Ann Barrass ...
Cavewoman (uncredited)
Polly Dillon ...
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Minor Role (uncredited)
Dido Plumb ...
Caveman (uncredited)
Charles Price ...
Caveman (uncredited)
Jacqueline Pullen ...
Minor Role (uncredited)

Directed by

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Val Guest

Written by

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Val Guest ... (written for the screen by)
 
J.G. Ballard ... (treatment by) (as J.B. Ballard)

Produced by

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Aida Young ... producer (produced by)

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Mario Nascimbene

Cinematography by

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Dick Bush ... director of photography

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Peter Curran

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John Blezard

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Carl Toms

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Joyce James ... hairdressing supervisor
Richard Mills ... make-up supervisor

Production Management

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Christopher Sutton ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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John Stoneman ... assistant director
Jim Danforth ... second unit director (uncredited)
Carlos Gil ... first assistant director: second unit (uncredited)
Miguel Gil ... co-first assistant director: Spain (uncredited)

Art Department

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Albert Blackshaw ... construction manager
Ken Barley ... plasterer (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Frank Goulding ... dubbing editor
Kevin Sutton ... sound recordist
Bob Foley ... boom operator (uncredited)
Patrick Heigham ... sound camera operator (uncredited)
Ted Karnon ... sound re-recordist (uncredited)
A.W. Watkins ... sound supervisor (uncredited)

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Alan Bryce ... special effects (as Allan Bryce)
Roger Dicken ... special effects
Brian Johnson ... special effects (as Brian Johncock)
Martin Gutteridge ... special effects (uncredited)
Brian Humphrey ... special effects (uncredited)
Garth Inns ... special effects (uncredited)

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Jim Danforth ... special visual effects
David Allen ... visual effects assistant (uncredited)
Les Bowie ... matte artist (uncredited)
Ray Caple ... matte artist (uncredited)
Jim Danforth ... effects cameraman (uncredited) / matte artist (uncredited) / process projectionist (uncredited) / stop-motion animator (uncredited) / visual effects designer/director (uncredited)
Doug Ferris ... matte artist (uncredited)
Peter Melrose ... matte artist (uncredited)

Stunts

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Steve Emerson ... stunts (uncredited)
Peter Pocock ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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John Cabrera ... 2nd unit cameraman (as Johnny Cabrera)
Ray Andrew ... focus puller (uncredited)
Ronnie Fox Rogers ... camera operator (uncredited)
Jerry Sandler ... clapper/loader (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Brian Owen-Smith ... wardrobe master

Location Management

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Ariel Levy ... location manager (uncredited)

Music Department

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

Script and Continuity Department

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Josephine Knowles ... continuity
Susanna Merry ... continuity: second unit

Additional Crew

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Alan Harris ... stand-in: Sean Caffrey (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Set in the ancient (film) past when human beings and dinosaurs lived side-by-side, a small, struggling tribe sacrifice blonde-haired women to their Sun god in return for protection from the giant creatures that prey upon them. Sanna, one of the sacrificial offerings, escapes when a freak storm interrupts the ceremony. As she searches for a safe haven, she encounters hostility from both rival tribes and many huge, and deadly, beasts. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher

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Taglines A Hammer film greater than "ONE MILLION YEARS B.C." See more »
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Also Known As
  • When Dinosaurs Ruled the World (United Kingdom)
  • Quand les dinosaures dominaient le monde (France)
  • Cuando los dinosaurios dominaban la Tierra (Spain)
  • Cuando los dinosaurios dominaban la tierra (Mexico)
  • Gdy dinozaury władały światem (Poland)
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  • 100 min
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Budget GBP566,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia A 27-word "caveman language" was created for this film, supposedly drawing on Phoenician, Latin and Sanskrit sources. Some of the key words in this language are "Neecha", meaning "Stop" or "Come back"; "zak", meaning "gone" or "left"; "Akita", meaning "Look" or "See"; "neecro", meaning "bad" or "evil"; "m'kan", meaning "kill" or "killed"; "mata", meaning "dead"; "Yo Kita", meaning "Go". See more »
Goofs Dinosaurs had already been extinct for millions of years before human beings in their now-recognizable form first appeared on Earth. See more »
Movie Connections Edited from The Lost World (1960). See more »
Quotes [first lines]
Narrator: A time of beginnings, of darkness, of light, of the Sun, the Earth, the sea, of man. The beginnings of man living with man, by the sea, in the mountains. The beginnings of love...
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