AdventureFantasyAction

Clash of the Titans

- Experience the fantastic

To win the right to marry his love, the beautiful princess Andromeda, and fulfil his destiny, half-God-half-mortal Perseus must complete various tasks including taming Pegasus, capturing Medusa's head and battling the feared Kraken.

Release Date : 1981-06-12

Language :SpanishEnglishPortuguese

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Peerford Ltd.Metro-Goldwyn-MayerCharles H. Schneer ProductionsTitan Productions

Production Country : United KingdomUnited States of America

Alternative Titles : Perseus: Clash of the Titans (1981)

Cast

Character Name : Perseus

Original Name : Harry Hamlin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Andromeda

Original Name : Judi Bowker

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ammon

Original Name : Burgess Meredith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Thetis

Original Name : Maggie Smith

Gender : Female

Character Name : Aphrodite

Original Name : Ursula Andress

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hera

Original Name : Claire Bloom

Gender : Female

Character Name : Cassiopeia

Original Name : Siân Phillips

Gender : Female

Character Name : A Stygian Witch

Original Name : Flora Robson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Zeus

Original Name : Laurence Olivier

Gender : Male

Character Name : Thallo

Original Name : Tim Pigott-Smith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Calibos

Original Name : Neil McCarthy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Athena

Original Name : Susan Fleetwood

Gender : Female

Character Name : A Stygian Witch

Original Name : Anna Manahan

Gender : Female

Character Name : A Stygian Witch

Original Name : Freda Jackson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Poseidon

Original Name : Jack Gwillim

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hephaestus

Original Name : Pat Roach

Gender : Male

Character Name : Acrisius

Original Name : Donald Houston

Gender : Male

Character Name : Danae

Original Name : Vida Taylor

Gender : Female

Character Name : Huntsman

Original Name : Harry Jones

Gender : Male

Character Name : Guard Killed by Scorpion (uncredited)

Original Name : Ferdinando Poggi

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-04-04

I remember going to see this at a cinema in Glasgow aged 13 and loving every minute of it. The combination of some great Greek myth and some superb Ray Harryhausen stop motion animation was enthralling. 40-odd years later, it's still a great action adventure film that kicks off with a rousing orchestral score from Laurence Rosenthal then introduces us to poor "Perseus" (Harry Hamlin) who is living peaceably with his mother on a quiet island, unaware that he has a great destiny. Helped along the way by the rather mischievous "Thetis" (Maggie Smith) he arrives in the city of Joppa where he solves a riddle that enables him to free the city - and his beloved princess "Andromeda" (Judi Bowker) from a terrible curse. Snag is, her mother goes a wee bit over the top with the thank you speech and "Thetis" literally loses her head. Another task, even more perilous than the first looms pitting "Perseus" and his merry band against the Stygian witches, the three headed "Cerebrus" and then the dreaded "Medusa" herself. Sure, Sir Laurence Olivier hams it up a bit ("Zeus") but there are engaging efforts from Burgess Meredith as his sagacious mentor "Ammon"; Siân Phillips as the the Queen "Cassiopeia"; Dame Flora Robson is one third of the all seeing witches with a voice you instantly recognise and there is even a glimpse of Ursula Andress too. The animations are the stars, though - "Bubo" the mechanical owl; Pegasus the flying horse and "Kalibos", the cursed half man half lizard all make for a great series of friends and foes for our intrepid hunters who must rush if they are to save his love from the giant "Kraken". Certainly, time has maybe not been so kind to some of then cinematography and neither Hamlin nor Bowker are much good - but it's still a cracker of a fantasy that I heartily recommend.