- Film Review
- Reviewed By David Parkinson
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3 out of 5
Despite the title, in this loose adaptation of Jonathan Swift's timeless classic novel Kerwin Mathews spends most of his time in just two worlds - among the giants of Brobdingnag and the little people of Lilliput. Playing down the satire in favour of family adventure, director Jack Sher here benefits from the expertise of a mostly British supporting cast that includes June Thorburn and Basil Sydney. But it's the "Superdynamation" back-projection work of effects maestro Ray Harryhausen that gives the action its fantastical feel. Equally impressive is Bernard Herrmann's soundtrack, written a year before his score for Psycho.
Plot Summary
Fantasy adventure starring Kerwin Mathews as ship's surgeon Lemuel Gulliver, who sets out on a voyage of discovery that leads him to the fantastic worlds of Lilliput and Brobdingnag.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Dr Lemuel Gulliver
- Kerwin Mathews
- Gwendolyn
- Jo Morrow
- Elizabeth
- June Thorburn
- Reldresal
- Lee Patterson
- King Brobdingnag
- Grégoire Aslan
- Emperor of Lilliput
- Basil Sydney
- Makovan
- Charles Lloyd Pack
- Flimnap
- Martin Benson
- Queen Brobdingnag
- Mary Ellis
- Lord Bermogg
- Peter Bull
Crew
- Director
- Jack Sher
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