One Million Years B.C. (1966)

Director:

Don Chaffey

Writers:

Michael Carreras (screenplay)
Mickell Novack (adapted from an original screenplay by) ...

Release Date:

21 February 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Fantasy

Tagline:

This is the way it was.

Plot:

Caveman Tumak is banished from his savage tribe. He finds a brief home among a group of gentle seacoast...

Plot Keywords:

Tribe | Caveman | Volcano | Prehistoric | Stabbed In The Ear

Cast

Raquel Welch	...	Loana
John Richardson	...	Tumak
Percy Herbert	...	Sakana
Robert Brown	...	Akhoba
Martine Beswick	...	Nupondi
Jean Wladon	...	Ahot
Lisa Thomas	...	Sura
Malya Nappi	...	Tohana
Richard James	...	Young Rock Man
William Lyon Brown	...	Payto
Frank Hayden	...	1st Rock Man
Terence Maidment	...	1st Shell Man
Micky De Rauch	...	1st Shell Girl
Yvonne Horner	...	Ullah

Runtime:

100 min | USA:91 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

Canada:G (Nova Scotia) | Sweden:15 | Singapore:PG | UK:PG (video rating) | UK:A (original rating) | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Lago Verde, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain

Company:

Associated British-Pathé

Trivia:

The exterior scenes were filmed in the Canary Islands in the middle of winter.

Goofs:

Factual errors: No Pterosaur (winged reptile) would be able to lift up an adult human. To be able to fly, they had to be extremely light-weight, and even the biggest species weighed only about a hundred kilograms. Aside from this, they were mostly fish-eaters or scavengers, so humans would be completely off-menu.

Movie Connections:

Featured in You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)

Ray Harryhausen at his very best.

One Million Years B.C. is the best Ray Harryhausen movie and one of the best dinosaur movies ever made. Ray's dinosaurs are magnificent. He didn't animate the giant lizard or giant spider though, but these still look impressive.

The other star of this movie is of course Raquel Welch. She looks well groomed, despite being in prehistoric times. One of the best scenes of the movie is where she gets picked up by a Pteranodon, as a potential meal for its young. At least she survives.

This movie also has a great, thunderous score throughout and is atmospheric.

This is the best of Hammer's prehistoric adventures and is a must for all dinosaur movie lovers.

Rating: 5 stars out of 5.