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Bookmark this pageOne Million Years B.C. (1966)
Director: Don Chaffey
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
A loose remake of the 1940 special effects extravaganza with Victor Mature, Hammer's version of the life and times of cavemen and women again cheerfully neglects a few million years of evolution and has our antecedents living side by side with the brontosauri. There's a simple story about lovers from different tribes, and Welch grunts beautifully clad only in a few bits of bunny fur, but the real stars are Ray Harryhausen's superbly animated dinosaurs. It was Hammer's biggest box-office hit and inaugurated a cycle, but the more cheaply made sequels were no match for the ferocious reptile fights on display here.Author: DT
Cast & crew
Director: Don Chaffey
Producer: Michael Carreras
Cast: John Richardson, Raquel Welch, Percy Herbert, Robert Brown, Martine Beswick, Jean Wladon, Lisa Thomas, Malya Nappi, William Lyon Brown full cast
Genre(s): Fantasy
Duration: 100 mins
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