Director: Desmond Davis

Writer: Beverley Cross

Music by: Laurence Rosenthal

Producers: Charles H. Schneer; Ray Harryhausen

Keywords: Fantasy/Action

The demi-god Perseus, son of the god Zeus, falls in love with Andromeda, daughter of Cassiopeia. Perseus must cross the river Styx and defeat the gorgon Medusa without being turned to stone, and then the Kraken, to whom Andromeda is to be sacrificed. Complicated story is actually a simplification of the mythology. All-star cast with stop-motion animation by Ray Harryhausen.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ursula Andress	Actor	19-Mar-1936		Dr. No
Claire Bloom	Actor	15-Feb-1931		Crimes and Misdemeanors
Judi Bowker	Actor	6-Apr-1954		Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Susan Fleetwood	Actor	21-Sep-1944	29-Sep-1995	The Sacrifice
Harry Hamlin	Actor	30-Oct-1951		Michael Kuzak on L.A. Law
Burgess Meredith	Actor	16-Nov-1908	9-Sep-1997	Rocky and Grumpy Old Men
Laurence Olivier	Actor	22-May-1907	11-Jul-1989	Shakespearean actor
Siân Phillips	Actor	14-May-1934		I, Claudius
Tim Pigott-Smith	Actor	13-May-1946	7-Apr-2017	The Jewel in the Crown
Flora Robson	Actor	28-Mar-1902	7-Jul-1984	Fire Over England
Maggie Smith	Actor	28-Dec-1934		Prof. McGonagall in Harry Potter

CAST

The Immortals
Laurence Olivier	...   Zeus
Claire Bloom	...   Hera
Maggie Smith	...   Thetis
Ursula Andress	...   Aphrodite
Jack Gwillim	...   Poseidon
Susan Fleetwood	...   Athena
Pat Roach	...   Hephaestus
The Mortals
Harry Hamlin	...   Perseus
Judi Bowker	...   Andromeda
Burgess Meredith	...   Ammon
Siân Phillips	...   Cassiopeia
Flora Robson	...   Stygian Witch
Anna Manahan	...   Stygian Witch
Freda Jackson	...   Stygian Witch
Tim Pigott-Smith	...   Thallo
Neil McCarthy	...   Calibos
Donald Houston	...   Acrisius
Vida Taylor	...   Danae
Harry Jones	...   Huntsman
The Mythologicals
Bubo	...   Himself
Charon	...   Himself
Dioskilos	...   Himself
Kraken	...   Himself
Medusa	...   Herself
Pegasus	...   Himself
Scorpions	...   Themselves
Vulture	...   Himself

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