The Warrior and the Sorceress (1984)

Director:

John C. Broderick

Writers:

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

Village | Warrior | Well | Sword | Sword And Sorcery

Cast

David Carradine	...	Kain
Luke Askew	...	Zeg the Tyrant
Maria Socas	...	Naja the Sorceress
Anthony De Longis	...	Kief, Zeg's Captain (as Anthony DeLongis)
Harry Townes	...	Bludge the Prelate
Guillermo Marín	...	Bal Caz (as William Marin)
Armando Capo	...	Burgo the Slaver (as Arthur Clark)
Daniel March	...	Blather, Bal Caz's Fool
John Overby	...	Gabble, Bal Caz's Fool
Richard Paley	...	Scar-face
Marcos Woinsky	...	Burgo's Captain (as Mark Welles)
Cecilia Narova	...	Exotic Dancer (as Cecilia North)
Dylan Willias	...	Zeg's Guard
José Casanova	...	Zeg's Guard (as Joe Cass)
Miguel Zabaleta	...	Zeg's Guard (as Michael Zane)
Herman Cass	...	Zeg's Guard
Arturo Noal	...	Zeg's Guard (as Arthur Neal)
Hernán Gené	...	Zeg's Guard (as Herman Gere)
Gus Parker	...	Zeg's Guard
Ned Ivers	...	Slave
Liliana Cameroni	...	Zeg's Drowned Slave (as Lillian Cameron)
Eva Adanaylo	...	Woman at Well (as Eve Adams)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Noëlle Balfour	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
John C. Broderick		(as John Broderick)

Writing credits
John C. Broderick		(screenplay) (as John Broderick)
John C. Broderick		(story) (as John Broderick) &
William Stout		(story)

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

Original Music by
Luis María Serra		(as Louis Saunders)

Cinematography by
Leonardo Rodríguez Solís

Film Editing by
Silvia Ripoll		(as Silvia Roberts)

Casting by
Stan Shaffer

Art Direction by
Emilio Basaldua		(as Emmett Baldwin)

Costume Design by
María Julia Bertotto		(as Mary Bertram)

Makeup Department
George Barry	....	makeup artist
R. Christopher Biggs	....	makeup special effects (as Chris Biggs)
Willy Smith	....	makeup effects assistant (as William Smith)
Rodolfo Spinetta	....	hair dresser (as Rudy Sparks)

Production Management
Alejandro Arando	....	production manager (as Alex Plowing)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Américo Ortiz de Zárate	....	assistant director (as Andrew Sargent)
Claudio Reiter	....	second assistant director (as Charles Ritter)
Nico Sarudiansky	....	second assistant director (as Nick Salter)
Antonio Barrio	....	second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Gustavo Acosta	....	props (as Gus Ames)
Ercilia Alonso	....	set dresser (as Evan Alcott)
José Cámara	....	props (as Joe Cannon)
Jorge de la Reta	....	props (as George Davies)
Nick Nickels	....	property master
William Stout	....	original art
Jan Ferris	....	sculptor/designer: spider creature and tooth glove (uncredited)

Sound Department
Pedro Marra	....	boom operator (as Peter Miller)
Jorge Stavropulos	....	sound mixer (as George Stevenson)

Special Effects by
Ricardo Lanzoni	....	special effects (as Richard Lennox)

Stunts
Anthony De Longis	....	stunt coordinator (as Anthony DeLongis)

Camera and Electrical Department
Miguel Amengual	....	gaffer (as Michael Aldridge)
Juan José Fabio	....	assistant camera (as John Faber)
Oscar González	....	second assistant camera (as Oscar Johnson)
Ever Latour	....	camera operator (as B.B. Latour)
Hans Ritter	....	still photographer (as Hank Ritter)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Beatriz Quiroga	....	costumer (as Beatrice Rowe)
Gloria Van Hartenstein	....	costumer (as Gloria Hartwell)
Mónica Mendoza	....	wardrobe assistant (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Jorge Firdman	....	assistant editor (as George Fairfax)
Fernando Guariniello	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Raúl Ahumada	....	production assistant (as Ralph Smoker)
Gonzalo Astorga	....	production assistant (as John Astor)
Anthony De Longis	....	swordplay choreographer (as Anthony DeLongis)
Jennifer Joy	....	assistant to director
Ginny Nugent	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• Aries Cinematográfica Argentina
• New Horizon Picture Corp

Distributors

• New Horizons (1984) (USA) (theatrical)
• IVC (1985) (Greece) (VHS)
• Vestron Video (1985) (USA) (VHS)
• Vestron Video International (1986) (Belgium) (VHS)
• Vestron Video International (1986) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Vestron Video (1988) (USA) (VHS)
• New Concorde Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Prism Leisure Corporation (2003) (UK) (DVD)
• Shout! Factory (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• VTI Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)

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Runtime:

81 min | UK:74 min

Country:

Argentina | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

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

Company:

Aries Cinematográfica Argentina

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Kane kicks Kief in the head during their fight, his foot clearly does not actually make contact.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II (1989)

Mostly uninspired stuff.

However, that's not to say that this routine sword 'n' sandal fantasy adventure doesn't have a brilliant touch or two. As has been said numerous times before, it's essentially another reworking of the time-honoured premise of "Yojimbo", as a mythical lone warrior, Kain (David Carradine) does his best to manipulate two warring factions in a small isolated community who each want control of the only water well. One of them is led by Zeg (the amusingly cast Luke Askew), the other by Bal Caz (Guillermo Marin). The sorceress of the title is Naja, played by the super sexy Maria Socas, who plays her role almost completely topless, certain to guarantee enthusiastic approval by trash fans everywhere. The movie really is rather thinly written (by director John Broderick and William Stout, the latter being an artist & production designer who's worked on genre efforts like "Conan the Barbarian" and "The Return of the Living Dead"), and it may leave one caring little about characters or what happens to them. Carradine is sometimes a hoot, but he often looks here like he can't wait to cash his paycheck. So it's up to the supporting players to try to give this thing a shot in the arm. Askew, Marin, and Armando Capo as the inhuman Burgo the Slaver are all reasonably entertaining antagonists. Production design, location shooting, and costumes are effective, but the action runs hot and cold; the sword fights aren't the most exciting one will ever see. R. Christopher Biggs supplies the makeup effects on the non-human characters as well as one funky little lizard thing. The music is credited to Luis Maria Serra, but any fan of previous Roger Corman productions is sure to recognize certain cues from the James Horner score for "Humanoids from the Deep". The one thing that really makes "The Warrior and the Sorceress" worthwhile is fairly brief, but impressive: the makeup effects on a luscious exotic dancer (played by Cecilia Narova) who happens to have four breasts, outdoing the memorable three breasted hooker from "Total Recall". Overall this is pretty forgettable once it's over, but it provides adequate enough entertainment for a trim 82 minute running time. Undemanding fans of sleazy low budget fantasy films should be satisfied. Six out of 10.