USA, 1960
100m
35mm, in SuperDynamation, Eastmancolor, 1.37:1 (negative ratio), 1.66:1
mono, English
An American fantasy film directed by Jack Sher. Production began on 13 July 1959.
Plot Summary
Doctor Gulliver is so poor that he resorts to signing on aboard a ship to India. But on his first voyage he is shipwrecked and ends up on the island of Lilliput where the inhabitants are all only a few inches tall.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Jack Sher
© MCMLX [1960] by Columbia Pictures Corporation
Columbia Pictures Corporation presents a Morningside production [opening credits] A Morningside World Wide production [closing credits]
Produced by: Charles H. Schneer
Screenplay by: Arthur Ross and Jack Sher
Based on “Gulliver’s Travels” by: Jonathan Swift
Photographed by: Wilkie Cooper
Editor: Raymond Poulton
Music by: Bernard Herrmann
Sound Mixer: Gordon K. McCallum [uncredited]
Costume Designer: Eleanor Abbey
Special Visual Effects Created by: Ray Harryhausen
Art Directors: Gil Parrendo, Derek Barrington
Locations: Sa Conca Beach, S’Agaró, Castell-Paltja d’Aro, Girona, Cataluña, Spain *
Cast
Kerwin Mathews as Dr Lemuel Gulliver
Jo Morrow (Gwendolyn)
June Thorburn (Elizabeth)
Lee Patterson (Reldresal)
Gregoire Aslan (King Brob)
Basil Sydney (Emperor of Lilliput)
Charles Lloyd Pack (Makovan)
Martin Benson (Flimnap)
Mary Ellis (Queen of Brobdingnag)
Marian Spencer (Empress of Lilliput)
Peter Bull (Lord Bermogg)
Alec Mango (Minister of Lilliput)
Sherri Alberoni as “Glumdalclitch”
Oliver Johnston [Mr Grinch – uncredited]
Alternative Titles
Die Drei Welten des Gulliver – West Germany
Güliver’in üç dünyasi – Turkey
Gulliverin matkat – Finland
Gullivers resor – Sweden
Gulliver’s Travels – working title
Herr der drei Welten – Austria, West Germany
Ta Taxeidia tou Gulliver – Greece
Els tres mons de Gulliver – Spain (Catalan)
Os Três Mundos de Gulliver – Brazil
I viaggi di Gulliver – Italy
Los viajes de Gulliver – Spain
Les Voyages de Gulliver – France
The Worlds of Gulliver
Links
Extracts included in
The Harryhausen Chronicles (1998)
References
Periodicals
- The Daily Cinema no.8404 (6 January 1961) p.8 – note (Gulliver’ hits two-way jackpot)
- Daily Variety 28 August 1959 p.8 – credits (Daily Variety film production chart)
- SFX no.292 (November 2017) p.102 – illustrated review (by Dave Golder)
Books
- Bernard Herrmann, Hollywood’s Music-dramatist by Edward Johnson p.26
- Columbia Pictures Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1928-1982 by Michael R. Pitts pp.252-254
- A Heart at Fire’s Centre: The Life and Music of Bernard Herrmann by Steven C. Smith pp.211, 223, 242-244, 249, 255
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.492 – credits
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Flashbacks by Tom Weaver pp.238-244; 297-300 – interviews
- Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Film Sequels, Series, and Remakes: An Illustrated Filmography Volume II by Kim R. Holston and Tom Winchester p.104-105 – illustrated credits, synopsis, review
- Uneasy Dreams: The Golden Age of British Horror Films, 1956-1976 by Gary A. Smith pp.213
