A cowboy named Tuck Kirby seeks fame and fortune by capturing an Allosaurus living in the Forbidden Valley and putting it in a Mexican circus. His victim, called the Gwangi, turns out to have an aversion to being shown in public.
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Title: The Valley of Gwangi (1969)
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| James Franciscus | ... | Tuck Kirby | |
| Gila Golan | ... | T.J. Breckenridge | |
| Richard Carlson | ... | Champ Connors | |
| Laurence Naismith | ... | Professor Bromley | |
| Freda Jackson | ... | Tia Zorina - the Witch | |
| Gustavo Rojo | ... | Carlos dos Orsos | |
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Dennis Kilbane | ... | Rowdy |
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Mario De Barros | ... | Bean |
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Curtis Arden | ... | Lope |
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Jose Burgos | ... | The Dwarf |
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Cowboy James Franciscus seeks fame and fortune by capturing an Allosaurus living in the Forbidden Valley and putting it in a Mexican circus. His victim, called the Gwangi, turns out to have an aversion to being shown in public. Another film featuring the stop-action special effects talents of Ray Harryhausen. Written by Ray Hamel <hamel@primate.wisc.edu>
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Cowboys Battle Monsters in the Lost World of Forbidden Valley.Parents Guide:
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When this film was first conceived it was supposed to have been a follow-up to King Kong (1933), but was never made. However, an early B&W version of the "cowboys in Africa" footage was shot, and wound up being used in Mighty Joe Young (1949). See more »Goofs
Gwangi's apparent color, as well as the color of the other creatures, changes several times over the course of the movie because there was so much animation to do that Harryhausen did not have enough time to do proper color testing. Gwangi ranges from gray to violet to purple from one scene to the next. See more »Alternate Versions
Many local TV stations delete the scene in which Gwangi, the allosaur, kills a circus elephant, claiming the scene depicts cruelty to animals. See more »
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19 July 1969 (Japan) See more »Also Known As:
The Valley--Where Time Stood Still See more »Filming Locations:
Catedral de la Encarnación de Almería, 8 plaza de la Catedral, Almeria, Spain See more »Company Credits
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What's not to like here-James Franciscus, Gila Golan, Naismeth, the excellent Harryhausen Allosaurus F/X, the dino-elephant battle, the cowboys roping the dino scene, etc. Very nicely done. No great acting, of course, and nothing you haven't seen already in Kong or 100 other places, but its what they do with it here that makes it worth yer while.
Personally I always enjoy it when I see it; I think it's one of the better dino flix you can find pre-Jurassic Park.
*** outta ****, esp if you like Harryhousen's stuff.