The Warrior and the Sorceress (1984)

User Rating:

2.8/10   

Director:

John C. Broderick

Writers:

John C. Broderick (screenplay)
John C. Broderick (story)
(more)

Release Date:

7 September 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Romance

Tagline:

An age of mystery and magic... Of swords and sorcery.

Plot:

The mighty warrior, Kain, crosses the barren wastelands of the planet Ura, where two arch enemies, Zeg and the evil degenerate Balcaz...

Plot Keywords:

Male Female Relationship | Castle | Village | Warrior | Well

Cast

David Carradine	...	Kain
Luke Askew	...	Zeg the Tyrant
Maria Socas	...	Naja the Sorceress
Anthony De Longis	...	Kief, Zeg's Captain
Harry Townes	...	Bludge the Prelate
William Marin	...	Bal Caz
Arthur Clark	...	Burgo the Slaver
Daniel March	...	Blather, Bal Caz's Fool
John Overby	...	Gabble, Bal Caz's Fool
Richard Paley	...	Scar-face
Mark Welles	...	Burgo's Captain
Cecilia North	...	Exotic Dancer
Dylan Willias	...	Zeg's Guard
Joe Cass	...	Zeg's Guard
Michael Zane	...	Zeg's Guard
Herman Cass	...	Zeg's Guard
Arthur Neal	...	Zeg's Guard
Herman Gere	...	Zeg's Guard
Gus Parker	...	Zeg's Guard
Ned Ivers	...	Slave
Lillian Cameron	...	Zeg's Drowned slave
Eve Adams	...	Woman At Well
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marcos Woinsky
Noëlle Balfour	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
John C. Broderick

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
John C. Broderick		screenplay
John C. Broderick		story
William Stout		screenplay
William Stout		story

Produced by
John C. Broderick	....	producer
Frank K. Isaac	....	producer
Héctor Olivera	....	co-producer
Alejandro Sessa	....	co-producer (as Alex Sessa)

Original Music by
Luis María Serra		(as Louis Saunders)

Cinematography by
Leonardo Rodríguez Solís

Film Editing by
Silvia Roberts

Production Design by
Emilio Basaldua

Art Direction by
Emmett Baldwin

Costume Design by
María Julia Bertotto
Mary Bertram

Makeup Department
R. Christopher Biggs	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Alex Plowing	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Antonio Barrio	....	second assistant director
Américo Ortiz de Zárate	....	assistant director
Charles Ritter	....	assistant director
Nick Salter	....	assistant director

Art Department
Jan Ferris	....	sculptor/designer: spider creature and tooth glove

Sound Department
Pedro Marra	....	boom operator

Camera and Electrical Department
Ever Latour	....	camera operator

Other crew
Anthony De Longis	....	fight choreographer
Ginny Nugent	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• Aries Cinematográfica Argentina
• New Horizon Picture Corp

Distributors

• Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (1988) (USA) (video)
• New Concorde Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• New World Productions (1984) (USA) (theatrical)
• Prism Leisure Corporation (2003) (UK) (DVD)
• VTI Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Vestron Video International (1986) (Belgium) (VHS)

Also Known As:

Kain del planeta oscura (Argentina)

Runtime:

81 min | UK:74 min

Country:

Argentina | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:18 | Iceland:12 | Norway:15 | USA:R

Company:

Aries Cinematográfica Argentina

Movie Connections:

Edited into Ultra Warrior (1990)

Better of the Roger Corman Sword and Sorcery Pictures

Well, first off you can't expect much from the man who produced the Deathstalker Series.. =) But this film I think is the better of the whole sword and sorcery films he's released.

The story is set in a slave town where two clans are at swords with each other to control the well and the people in this desert wasteland. The film circles the adventures of the Dark One(according to the box and creds, Carridine's character's name is Kain, which I don't want to call him. Its just stupid to name him the same thing from Kung Fu. He's only called the Dark One in the movie), who has stumbled into this town, and begins selling his skills as a swordsman to the higher pay.

The film is pretty decent, but don't expect Conan the Barbarian, or Beastmaster. The only two questions I have are:

Why doesn't Naja(Maria Socas) EVER put on a bra or a shirt? The whole entire film she is topless. At first I thought it was because she was a slave wench to one of the clans, but even when she was free, she still didn't put anything on.

If the Sword of Ura can cut through an anvil, why doesn't it chop through everyone's swords like a hot knife through butter?

Eh, oh well. Watch the film if you have nothing better to do.