UK, 1977
96m
35mm film, Technicolor
mono, English
Production Start Date: 1 October 1977
A British fantasy film directed by Kevin Connor. Production began on 1 October 1977 and the film opened in London on 20 July 1978.
Plot Summary
A group of explorers find the survivors of Atlantis still alive on the seabed. The Atlanteans are really aliens who enslave the explorers and plan to take over the whole world.
Credits
Crew
Director: Kevin Connor
© MCMLXXVIII [1978] by Individual Pictures Limited
A John Dark-Kevin Connor production. Distributed by EMI Films Ltd.
Producer: John Dark
Screenplay by: Brian Hayles
Director of Photography: Alan Hume
Editor: Bill Blunden
Music Composed by: Mike Vickers
Sound: George Stephenson, Ken Barker
Wardrobe: Monica Howe, Lorna Hillyard
Make-Up: Robin Grantham
Hairdresser: Joan Carpenter
Monsters by: Roger Dicken
Special Effects: George Gibbs
Visual Effects Supervisor: John Richardson
Production Designer: Elliot Scott
Made on location in Malta-Gozo and at Pinewood Studios, England
Cast
Doug McClure (Greg Collinson)
Peter Gilmore (Charles Aitken)
Shane Rimmer (Captain Daniels)
Michael Gothard (Atmir)
Lea Brodie (Delphine Briggs)
Hal Galili (Grogan)
John Ratzenberger (Fenn)
Derry Power (Jacko)
Donald Bisset (Professor Aitken)
Ashley Knight (Sandy)
Robert Brown (Briggs)
Cyd Charisse as Atsil
Daniel Massey as Atraxon
Alternative Titles
Le 7 città di Atlantide – Italy
Les Cités d’Atlantis – France
Los conquistadores de Atlantis – Spain
Seven Cities of Atlantis – USA/working title
I signori della guerra di Atlantide – Italy
Tauchfahrt des Schreckens – West Germany
Vaarojen Atlantis – Finland
Warlords of Atlantis – Atlantisin sotaherrat – Finland
Warlords of the Deep – USA
References
Periodicals
- Cinefantastique vol.7 no.2 (Summer 1978) pp.41-32 – illustrated article (7 Cities to Atlantis by Mike Childs and Alan Jones)
- Empire no.190 (April 2005) p.167 – DVD review (RWD: The Doug McClure Fantasy Adventure Triple Bill by Will Lawrence)
- Film Review vol.28 no.2 (February 1978) p.30-31 – review
- Film Review vol.28 no.8 (August 1978) p.49-54 – illustrated article, comic strip
- Films and Filming vol.24 no.10 (July 1978) p.37-39 – review
- Films Illustrated vol.7 no.79 (March 1978) p.268-271 – review
- Films Illustrated vol.7 no.83 (July 1978) p.408 – review
- Hammer’s Halls of Horror vol.2 no.9 (June 1978) pp.30-37 – illustrated article (Warlords of the Deep by Catherine O’Brien and Tony Crawley)
- The Hollywood Reporter vol.252 no.44 (15 August 1978) p.3 – credits, review
- Interzone no.241 (July/August 2012) p.63 – review (by Tony Lee)
- The Listener vol.100 no.2570 (27 July 1978) p.121 – review
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.45 no.534 (July 1978) p.145 – review
- Screen International no.108 (8 October 1977) p.26 – credits
- Screen International no.145 (1-7 July 1978) p.2 – note (West End openings)
- Screen International no.146 (7-14 July 1978) p.2 – note (West End openings)
- Screen International no.149 (29 July 1978) p.21 – review
- Starburst no.216 (August 1996) pp.55, 56 – illustrated video review (Videofile)
- Variety 26 October 1977 p.34 – credits (Film production)
- Variety 26 July 1978 p.20 – review
Books
- Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction by Phil Hardy (ed) p.344; 345
- The Columbia Checklist: The Feature Films, Cartoons, Serials and Short Subjects of Columbia Pictures, 1922-1988 by Len D. Martin p.382
- Columbia Pictures Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1928-1982 by Michael R. Pitts pp.274-275
- Film Review 1979-80 by F. Maurice Speed p.160
- Horror and Science Fiction Films II by Donald C. Willis p.424
- Jules Verne on Film by Thomas C. Renzi pp.148-149
- Uneasy Dreams: The Golden Age of British Horror Films, 1956-1976 by Gary A. Smith pp.233-234
- Variety Science-Fiction Movies by Julian Brown (ed.) p.122 – credits, review
- The World of Fantasy Films by Richard Myers p.92
- Screen World 1979 volume 30 by John Willis p.208 – credits
