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The Valley of Gwangi is a american film of genre Science fiction directed by Ray Harryhausen released in USA on 25 july 1969 with James Franciscus
The Valley of Gwangi (1969)
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Add to a movie listThe Valley of Gwangi is a 1969 American western-fantasy film directed by Jim O'Connolly and written by William Bast. It stars James Franciscus and, in their final film appearances, Richard Carlson and Gila Golan. It was filmed in Technicolor with creature effects provided by Ray Harryhausen, the last dinosaur-themed film to be animated by him. Harryhausen had inherited the project from his mentor Willis O'Brien, the special effects master behind the original King Kong, who had planned to make The Valley of Gwangi decades earlier but died six years before the film was realized.
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In Mexico at the turn of the 20th century, a beautiful cowgirl named T.J. Breckenridge (Gila Golan) hosts a struggling rodeo. Her former lover Tuck Kirby (James Franciscus), a heroic former stuntman working for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, wants to buy her out. Along the way, he is followed by a Mexican boy named Lope (Curtis Arden), who intends to join the rodeo on a quest for fame and fortune. T.J. is not interested in Tuck because of this, but Tuck is still attracted to T.J., especially when T.J. jumps off a diving board on her horse. T.J. finally accepts Tuck when he saves a matador from a bull and the two kiss on the lips.Actors
James Franciscus
(Tuck)
Gila Golan
(T.J.)
Richard Carlson
(Champ)
Laurence Naismith
(Professor Bromley)
Freda Jackson
(Tia Zorina)
Gustavo Rojo
(Carlos)
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