Treasure of the Four Crowns (1983)

A group of adventurers are gathered together to retrieve some mystical gems which are in the possession of a deadly cult.

Director:

Ferdinando Baldi

Writers:

Tony Anthony (story) (as Tony Pettito), Lloyd Battista (screenplay)

Stars:

Tony Anthony, Ana Obregón, Gene Quintano

Cast

Cast overview:
Tony Anthony	...	J.T. Striker
Ana Obregón	...	Liz
Gene Quintano	...	Edmond
Jerry Lazarus	...	Rick
Francisco Rabal	...	Sócrates
Emiliano Redondo	...	Brother Jonas
Francisco Villena	...	Professor Montgomery
Kate Levan	...	Possessed Woman
Lewis Gordon	...	Popo

Storyline

A group of adventurers are gathered together to retrieve some mystical gems which are in the possession of a deadly cult.

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Plot Keywords:

adventurer | cult | traitor | splatter | room fire | 

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Taglines:

Share The Ultimate Modern Adventure In Wonder-Vision 3-D

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Genres:

Adventure

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

Spain USA Italy

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 January 1983 (USA)

Also Known As:

Seeing Is Believing

Filming Locations:

Madrid, Spain

Box Office

Budget:

ESP 2,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Blum Group, JAD Films International Inc., Lotus Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film was rushed into production by Cannon Films, Inc. after the runaway success of "Comin' At Ya!", another 3D film by the same producers. It was released as the 1983 3D era was coming to an end.

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Goofs

The super-sensitive floor is a key plot device, but when a hat is dropped on it, the alarm doesn't go off.

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Connections

Referenced in The Big Box: Christmas Evil (2011)

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Soundtracks

CITY OF LOVE AND UNITY
Written by Ennio Morricone
Performed by Ennio Morricone

User Reviews

It has its moments; it just doesn't have enough of them.

J.T. Striker (Tony Anthony) is an adventurer / fortune hunter hired by his associates Edmond (Gene Quintano) and Professor Montgomery (Francisco Villena) to get his hands on the legendary Four Crowns, which when obtained can make a person all powerful. This he has to do because diabolical religious cult leader Brother Jonas (Emiliano Redondo) is using them to control his mindless flock. To accomplish his task, J.T. gathers together a bunch of his old friends: the weary old Socrates (Francisco Rabal), the drunken Rick (Jerry Lazarus), and the super sexy Liz (Ana Obregon).

You know you're in trouble when the opening "Star Wars" style crawl is sorely lacking in any sort of punctuation. This basically amiable movie, rushed into production in order to cash in on the success of the previous Cannon Group 3-D feature, "Comin' at Ya!", is entertaining in spurts. Its extreme crudeness and cheesiness (one can clearly see the strings that are manipulating objects) could have been forgiven if only the movie had more energy. It moves along much too slowly, and there's overkill in terms of exposition. The acting from most of the cast is pretty bland. The filmmakers thrust as many objects into the camera as they can.

Helping to uplift "Treasure of the Four Crowns" (starting with that title, it's all too obvious which hit movie was a big influence on this one) to a degree are its WTF moments, its admittedly amusing opening set piece that goes on for over 20 minutes without dialogue, its absolutely priceless climax, and a wonderful, stirring Ennio Morricone music score that truly deserved a better movie.

This just isn't as much fun as this viewer would have liked.

Five out of 10.