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The Magic Sword

USA 1962
produced by
Bert I. Gordon for United Artists
directed by Bert I. Gordon
starring Basil Rathbone, Estelle Winwood, Gary Lockwood, Anne Helm, Liam Sullivan, Danielle De Metz, Merritt Stone, Jacques Gallo, David Cross, John Mauldin, Taldo Kenyon, Angus Duncan, Leroy Johnson, Marlene Callahan, Nick Bon Tempi, Paul Bon Tempi, Ann Graves, Lorrie Richards, Jack Kosslyn, Maila Nurmi (= Vampira), Ted Finn, Angelo Rossitto
story by Bert I. Gordon, screenplay by Bernard C. Schoenfeld, music by Richard Markowitz, special effects by Bert I. Gordon, Flora Gordon, Milt Rice

review by
Mike Haberfelner

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Somewhere in fairytale land: Evil wizard Lordac (Basil Rathbone) has kidnapped the King's (Merritt Stone) daughter Helene (Anne Helm) to feed her to the dragon, and the only one coming to the rescue seems to be Sir Branton (Liam Sullivan), a suspicious character at best.

But wait, there's also young George (Gary Lockwood), foster son of sorceress Sybil (Estelle Winwood), who has only ever seen the Princess in his mother's magic mirror but has fallen in love with her anyways, and he has a magic sword (hence the title), a magic horse, magic armour, and 6 knights (Jacques Gallo, David Cross, John Mauldin, Taldo Kenyon, Angus Duncan, Leroy Johnson) - who are of course also magic - at his disposal, and he agrees to accompany Branton - much to Branton's dismay.

On their way to Lordac's castle, George and his men have to face Lordac's various curses, including a giant ogre (Jack Kosslyn), a man-eating lake, an old hag (Vampira in a mask that makes her unrecognizable), burning heat, a cave full of ghosts, and even Sir Branton's treachery - after all he's really in cahoots with the evil wizard -, and even though George loses all his men and his mother accidently stripped him of all his magic powers, he makes it to Lordac's castle alive ... where the wizard soon has him lured into a trap and chained up at a very special spot from where he can see Helene being devoured by the dragon in great detail. But somehow the wizard's little people have broken out of their cage, and the first thing they do is to free George, who then valiantly defends the Princess against the dragon ... at which point his mother stops by, finally reinstoring his magic powers so he can kill the dragon while mama can take care of the evil wizard ... and they lived happily ever after ...

 

Even though this fantasy spectacle is not totally devoid of a certain B-movie charm - director Bert I.Gordon seems to just love to play with giants, little people and the like -, by and large this is a rather dull retelling of George and the Dragon. Most of the film is awfully clichéd and lacks the scale a film of this ilk would demand and the certain epic feel (even if it's cheesy) that should come natural with the story. Also, most of the actors don't really seem up to the task, but at least Basil Rathbone hams up his role ...

Actually, you might like this movie exactly for its shortcomings - just don't expect too much.

 

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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