Once again Torin Thatcher steals the show as Pendragon the evil sorcerer (great name). But this is 1962, this is what they did back then, the difference was the charming performances by the stars and the quaint yet magnificent visuals. The characters are nothing exciting really, stereotypical hero, Princess, King, evil wizard, slimy sidekick etc.its all here and utterly cliched to the hilt. You can easily compare this film to 'The Wizard of Oz' in terms of in your face technicolour.

Everybody in every scene looks quite elegant in their royal fairytale ceremonial splendour, of course its not meant to be realistic so its all bright colours, bold makeup and lots of artistic license by American's on what old England apparently looked like. Immediately in the first scene you can tell this film had a lot of highly skilled people working on it from costumes to sets and props. What really hits you about this film straight away is the lavish production values. Long story short Jack is chosen to set sail for this castle and rescue the Princess in true fairytale style. At this time the Princess is being crowned so she may rule as Queen, but the evil banished sorcerer 'Pendragon' returns and tricks the King and Princess into accepting a gift that will eventually steal her away back to the evil sorcerers castle.

The film takes place in merry old England, Cornwall, which is ruled by a good king. This film is loosely based on the old fable 'Jack the Giant Killer' and not the fairytale 'Jack and the Beanstalk'. Yes that's right, before the dreadfully bland CGI update there was this much better film, I bet many of you didn't know the 2013 film was an updated remake huh.

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