The Valley of Gwangi
The Valley of Gwangi is a 1969 American Western fantasy film, produced by Charles H. Schneer and Ray Harryhausen, directed by Jim O'Connolly, written by William Bast, and starring James Franciscus, Richard Carlson, and Gila Golan.
Plot
In Mexico at the turn of the 20th century, a cowgirl named T.J. Breckenridge hosts a struggling rodeo. Her former lover, Tuck Kirby, 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, 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 Lope from a bull and the two kiss.
More details
| author | William Bast |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Mexico |
| director | Jim O'Connolly Ray Harryhausen |
| editor | Henry Richardson |
| events | dinosaur |
| genre | adventure animation fantasy western |
| keywords | 20th century allosaurus base camp buffalo bill buffalo bill's wild west show building on fire burn crush curse diving board elephant eohippus fall follow fossil horse track kill knock out mexican boy mexican desert open ornithomimus paleontologist paleontology prehistoric prehistory pteranodon struggle styracosaurus their way trampled to death trap wild west show |
| musicBy | Jerome Moross |
| producer | Charles H. Schneer Ray Harryhausen |
| productionCompany | Morningside Productions |
| publisher | Warner Bros.-Seven Arts |
| theme | weird west |