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Hawk the Slayer [1980] Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1980
Running Times: 84 mins
Length: 8434 ft
Format: colour 16mm
Ratio:
Sound: Dolby Stereo CREDITS PRODUCTION
Production Companies / Chips Productions Ltd / ITC / Marcel-Robertson Productions Limited
Producer: Harry Robertson SCRIPT
Script: Terry Marcel, Harry Robertson DIRECTION
Director: Terry Marcel
3rd Assistant Director: Paul Tivers PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Paul Beeson
Clapper Loader: Paul Kenward EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Eric Boyd-Perkins MUSIC
Music: Harry Robertson SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Effects Associates Ltd
Special Effects Supervisor: Martin Gutteridge
Special Effects Crew: Paul Corbould, Ricky Farns, Garth Inns, Bert Luxford CAST
Jack Palance [Voltan]
John Terry [Hawk]
Bernard Bresslaw [Gort]
Ray Charleson [Crow]
Peter O'Farrell [Baldin]
William Morgan Sheppard [Ranulf]
Patricia Quinn [woman]
Cheryl Campbell [Sister Monica]
Annette Crosbie [Abbess]
Catriona MacColl [Eliane]
Shane Briant [Drogo]
Harry Andrews [High Abbot]
Christopher Benjamin [Fitzwalter]
Roy Kinnear [innkeeper]
Patrick Magee [priest]
Ferdy Mayne [old man]
Graham Stark [Sparrow]
Warren Clarke [Scar]
Declan Mulholland [Sped]
Derrick O'Connor [Ralf]
Peter Benson [black wizard]
Maurice Colbourne [axe man 1]
Barry Stokes [axe man 2]
Anthony Milner [Ferret]
John J. Carney [soldier
Robert Putt [1st rough in tavern]
Stephen Rayne [Brother Peter]
Ken Parry [Thomas]
Lindsey Brook [little nun]
Eddie Stacey [Chak]
Jo England [1st nun]
Frankie Cosgrove [2nd nun]
Melissa Wiltsie [3rd nun]
Mark Cooper [2nd tough in tavern]
Michael Fenner [uncredited]
Ryan Orwig [Notnoah - uncredited] SUMMARY After his father and lover are murdered by his evil brother Voltan, Hawk sets out to get his revenge and to free a captured Abbess. He teams up with a motley group of elves and others along the way. CAPSULE REVIEW Dire sword and sorcery with a terrible score and some of the most laughable special effects you'll ever see. The cast sleepwalk through their roles, though given the sheer awfulness of the script who can blame them. So cheap and dreadful that it's frequently mistaken for a made for TV production. Entirely worthless. AVAILABILITY USA
Theatrical Distributors: IVE; USA Video
Laserdisc Distributor: Image Entertainment [ID 6925 IV] CENSORSHIP HISTORY Australia
Rating: PG
UK
Rating: PG
TIMELINE
1987
April
29: UK - television broadcast [on BBC1] 1989
July
2: UK - television broadcast [on BBC1] 1999
December
14: UK - television broadcast [on BBC1] ALTERNATIVE TITLES Hawk - Hüter des magischen Schwertes - German title
A gyilkos héja - Hungarian title
La spada di hok - Italian title
Msciwy jastrzab - Polish title
Svärdet - Swedish title LINKS SEE ALSO
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope [1977]
The Lord of the Rings [1978]
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring [2001] REFERENCES MAGAZINES Cinefantastique vol.10 no.2 [Autumn 1980] p.11 [USA]
note Cinefantastique vol.11 no.1 [Summer 1981] p.45 [USA]
review L'Ecran Fantastique no.15 [1980] pp.46-47 [France]
review
Film Review vol.30 no.9 [September 1980]
pp.44-45 [UK]
location report Films Illustrated vol.9 no.105 [May 1980] p.332 [UK]
credits, review Monthly Film Bulletin vol.48 no.564 [January 1981] p.7 [UK]
credits, synopsis, review Screen International no.23 [14 February 1976] pp.14, 45 [UK]
credits, article
Screen International no.272 [20 December
1980] p.24 [UK]
review
Starburst no.30 [1981] pp.32-33 [UK]
illustrated review Variety 24 December 1980 p.14 [USA]
credits, review KEYWORDS
sword and sorcery; magic; crossbows
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