Hawk the Slayer (1980)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Terry Marcel

Writers:

Terry Marcel (writer)
Harry Robertson (writer)

Release Date:

27 August 1981 (Australia)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy

Plot:

Hawk, having suffered the ignimony of watching both his father and fiancée die at the hands of his brother...

Plot Keywords:

Brothers | Elf | Slave Trader | Bare Butt | Disfigured Face

Cast

Jack Palance	...	Voltan
John Terry	...	Hawk
Bernard Bresslaw	...	Gort, Giant
Ray Charleson	...	Crow, Elf
Peter O'Farrell	...	Baldin, Dwarf
William Morgan Sheppard	...	Ranulf (as Morgan Sheppard)
Patricia Quinn	...	Woman, Sorceress
Cheryl Campbell	...	Sister Monica
Annette Crosbie	...	Abbess
Catriona MacColl	...	Eliane
Shane Briant	...	Drogo
Harry Andrews	...	High Abbot
Christopher Benjamin	...	Fitzwalter
Roy Kinnear	...	Innkeeper
Patrick Magee	...	Priest

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:16 | USA:PG | Australia:PG | UK:PG (video rating) | UK:A (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Company:

Chips Productions

Trivia:

Bernard Bresslaw hurt his neck rather badly in the scene where a nun drugs him towards the end of the picture. As he fell down, his armour dug in underneath his jaw. Being a trooper though, he carried right on acting.

Quotes:

Gort, Giant: I'd sooner eat cowdung.
Soldier: That can be arranged, and you can wash it down with your own blood if need be.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Untitled Star Wars Mockumentary (2003)

So terrible that it's Awesome

I first saw this movie years ago as a kid who Dungeons and Dragons and from that standpoint it was an instant hit with me and my friends. I don't know how I can still like this movie with all it's terrible special effects, but I always get a kick out of watching it. The cast is pretty funny and Jack Palance's over-the-top B-movie acting in this is classic. There are so many great lines in this movie like "Draw your dagger out one more inch and you are a dead man, be you my son or not..." The music is the best thing about this movie - so surreal it's cheesy yet cool enough to work. In short, the movie somehow surpasses the sum of its individual parts to achieve something near a cult classic quality. I've even made Baldur's Gate (PC) characters based on the characters using pics and voice clips from the movie. Just imagine clicking on the elf character and hearing "I, am ready" or "Name, the target" in that delightful monotone.