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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| James Franciscus | ... | Tuck Kirby | |
| Gila Golan | ... | T.J. | |
| Richard Carlson | ... | Champ | |
| Laurence Naismith | ... | Professor Bromley | |
| Freda Jackson | ... | Tia Zorina - the Witch | |
| Gustavo Rojo | ... | Carlos | |
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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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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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1969 (UK) 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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Leading lady Gila Golan was re-dubbed, but the voice actress remains unidentified. See more »Goofs
Early on, young Lope tells Tuck Kirby that the arena is two miles outside of the town. This is confirmed by Tuck encountering Professor Bromley's paleontological digs in open desert during his return from his first visit to it. However, at the film's climax the arena is clearly within the town. See more »Crazy Credits
In the closing credits cast list, Order #10 is GWANGI 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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Okay, so it's the only dinosaur and cowboy movie (that I know of). The acting isn't much, but seeing three cowboys rope a T Rex -- and then seeing the T Rex fight an elephant -- that is cool.
And "El Diablo," the little eohippus, is just too cute.
Harryhausen's stop-motion animation is wonderful. Get the DVD with an interview in which he talks about how he did the cowboy-roping scene, and current animators/fx artists talk about he inspired them -- pretty fun. In a geeky kind of way.