King Acrisius of Argos imprisons his daughter Danaë, jealous of her beauty. When the god Zeus impregnates her, Acrisius banishes his daughter and his newborn grandson Perseus to sea in a wooden chest. In retribution, Zeus kills Acrisius and orders Poseidon to release the last of the Titans, a gigantic sea monster called the Kraken, to destroy Argos. Danaë and Perseus safely float to the island of Seriphos, where Perseus grows to adulthood.
MPAA Rating: | PG |
Genre: | Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy |
Country: | United Kingdom, United States |
Produced By: | Ray Harryhausen, Charles H. Schneer, John Palmer |
Directed By: | Desmond Davis |
Written By: | Beverley Cross |
Cast: | Vida Taylor, Tim Pigott-Smith, Harry Jones, Ursula Andress, Maggie Smith, Neil McCarthy, Jack Gwillim, Fred Wood, Pat Roach, Claire Bloom, Burgess Meredith, Ferdinando Poggi, Laurence Olivier, Judi Bowker, Freda Jackson, Siân Phillips, Anna Manahan, Flora Robson, Harry Hamlin, Susan Fleetwood, Donald Houston |
In Theaters: | Jun 12, 1981 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 58 minutes |
Production: | Charles H. Schneer Productions |
Budget: | $15,000,000 |
Box Office: | $41,092,328 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Netflix, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |