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The Sword and the Sorcerer

Cast

Lee Horsley, Kathleen Beller, Simon MacCorkindale, George Maharis View All

Crew

Tom Karnowski (Screenplay), Albert Pyun (Screenplay), Albert Pyun (Director), John V. Stuckmeyer (Screenplay) View All

Release: Apr. 1st, 1982

Runtime: 1 hour, 40 minutes

A mercenary with a three-bladed sword rediscovers his royal heritage when he is recruited to help a princess foil a brutal tyrant and a powerful sorcerer's plans to conquer the land.

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Torgo
Albert Pyun's debut feature is a reliably entertaining entry in one of the most reliably entertaining genres: sword and sorcery (well, obviously) fantasy.

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Takoma11
The frustrating part here isnt just the main character being a sexual predator---he gropes and kisses a lot of women in this film without permission, but its a fantasy movie, so they all love it!--its the way that this whole arc of treating Alana as a sexual prize renders her character really flat.