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Jason and the Argonauts ()

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The legendary Greek hero leads a team of intrepid adventurers in a perilous quest for the legendary Golden Fleece.
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Jason
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Medea
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Acastus
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Argos
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Zeus
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Hermes / Priest
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Pelias
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King Aeetes
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Hera
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Hylas
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Phineas
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Phalerus
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Hercules
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ennio Antonelli ...
Dmitrius (uncredited)
Harold Bradley ...
Guard in Palace (uncredited)
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Polydeuces (uncredited)
Aldo Cristiani ...
Lynceus (uncredited)
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Triton (uncredited)
Eva Haddon ...
Medea (uncredited) (voice)
Ferdinando Poggi ...
Castor (uncredited)
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Eupaemus (uncredited)
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Briseis (uncredited)
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Jason (uncredited) (voice)

Directed by

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Don Chaffey

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Jan Read ... (screenplay) &
Beverley Cross ... (screenplay)
 
Apollonios Rhodios ... (poem "The Argonautica") (uncredited)

Produced by

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John Dark ... production executive
Ray Harryhausen ... associate producer
Charles H. Schneer ... producer

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Bernard Herrmann

Cinematography by

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Wilkie Cooper ... (photographed by)

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Maurice Rootes

Editorial Department

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María Luisa Pino ... assistant editor (uncredited)

Production Design by

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Geoffrey Drake

Art Direction by

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Jack Maxsted
Antonio Sarzi-Braga ... (as Tony Sarzi Braga)
Herbert Smith

Production Management

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Jimmy Komisarjevsky ... unit manager
Paul Maslansky ... unit manager
Leonardo Scavino ... unit manager (as Leon Lenoir)

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Dennis Bertera ... assistant director

Art Department

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James Wines ... title designer
Arthur Hayward ... sculptor: moulder (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Cyril Collick ... sound recordist
Alfred Cox ... sound editor
Red Law ... sound recordist

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Ray Harryhausen ... creator of special visual effects
Dorse A. Lanpher ... effects assistant animator (uncredited)
Dan MacManus ... effects animator (uncredited)

Stunts

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Ralph Faulkner ... fight choreographer (uncredited)
Ferdinando Poggi ... sword fight choreographer (uncredited)
Eddie Powell ... stunts (uncredited)
Doug Robinson ... stunts (uncredited)

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Adolfo Bartoli ... lighting technician: uncedit
Harry Gillam ... camera operator
Ray Andrew ... clapper loader (uncredited)
Adolfo Bartoli ... lighting technician (uncredited)

Music Department

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Bernard Herrmann ... conductor: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Script and Continuity Department

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Phyllis Crocker ... continuity
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Plot Summary

Jason has been prophesied to take the throne of Thessaly. When he saves Pelias from drowning, but does not recognize him as the man who had earlier killed his father, Pelias tells Jason to travel to Colchis to find the Golden Fleece. Jason follows his advice and assembles a sailing crew of the finest men in Greece, including Hercules. They are under the protection of Hera, queen of the gods. Their voyage is replete with battles against harpies, a giant bronze Talos, a hydra, and an animated skeleton army, all brought to life by the special effects wizardry of Ray Harryhausen. Written by Rick Gregory

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Taglines Greatest Odyssey Of The Ages - for the first time on the screen See more »
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Also Known As
  • Jason and the Golden Fleece (United Kingdom)
  • Sinbad and the Age of Muses (United States)
  • Jasón y los argonautas (United States, Spanish title)
  • Jason et les Argonautes (France)
  • Jason und die Argonauten (Germany)
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  • 104 min
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Budget $2,500,000 (estimated)

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Trivia It took Ray Harryhausen four months to produce the skeleton scene which runs, at most, three minutes. See more »
Goofs After Jason's fight with Acastus, when Medea is telling Jason of the flower which can heal his wound, past Medea there is a mountain in the distance. On top of the mountain is a lighted building that appears to be a modern structure. See more »
Movie Connections Edited from Helen of Troy (1956). See more »
Quotes Phineas: Zeus, I was a sinner. I've never tried to deny it. But I didn't sin every day. Why then do you punish me *every day*?
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