Jack the Giant Killer

Jack the Giant Killer

6.5IMDb Score
Released:1962-05-18
Genre:Adventure, Fantasy, Family
Duration:94 min
Country:United States of America
Director:Nathan Juran
Actors:Kerwin Mathews, Judi Meredith, Torin Thatcher, Walter Burke, Don Beddoe
Production:Edward Small Productions

Overview:

The terrible and trecherous Pendragon plans to gain the throne of Cornwall by getting the king to abdicate and to marry his lovely daughter. To help him he has his dreadful witches in his castle and his almost unstoppable sorcery. A giant under his control abducts the princess, but on the way home with her the giant meets farming lad Jack who slays him. This is only the beginning.

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