Jason and the Argonauts
The legendary Greek hero leads a team of intrepid adventurers in a perilous quest for the legendary Golden Fleece.
- Director:Don Chaffey
- Genre:Action | Family | Fantasy | Adventure
- Runtime:104 minutes
Cast
Todd Armstrong : Jason
Nancy Kovack : Medea
Gary Raymond : Acastus
Laurence Naismith : Argos
Niall MacGinnis : Zeus
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Pelias (Douglas Wilmer) usurps the throne of Thessaly by killing King Aristo. However, there is a prophecy that he will be overthrown by a child of Aristo wearing one sandal. When he kills one of Aristo’s daughters after she had sought and been granted the protection of Hera, Pelias makes an enemy of the goddess.
Twenty years later, Jason (Todd Armstrong), Aristo’s son grown to manhood, saves the life of Pelias during a chance encounter, but loses a sandal doing so. He does not know that he has rescued his father’s murderer, but Pelias recognizes his nemesis. Pelias keeps his identity secret. However, he cannot just kill Jason; the prophecy also says that he himself would die.
When he learns that Jason is considering undertaking a dangerous quest to obtain the fabled Golden Fleece to rally the people of Thessaly, Pelias encourages him, hoping that he will be killed in the attempt. Men from all over Greece compete for the honor of joining Jason. Since their ship is named the Argo after the ship’s builder Argos (Laurence Naismith), they are dubbed the Argonauts. Among those chosen are Hercules (Nigel Green) and Acastus (Gary Raymond), the son of Pelias, who is sent by his father to sabotage the voyage.
Jason is taken to Mount Olympus by Hermes (Michael Gwynn) to speak to the gods Zeus (Niall MacGinnis) and Hera (Honor Blackman). Hera tells him that she wishes him well, but that Zeus has imposed restrictions on her assistance (Jason, like all mortals, is unknowingly a piece in the game which the gods play against each other. This is an accurate portrayal of Greek theology and rarely found in any modern medium). Jason learns that he can only invoke Hera’s aid five times (the same number of times his sister called on the goddess by name for help before she was slain). In response to Jason’s unasked questions, Hera tells him to search for the Fleece in the land of Colchis, on the other side of the world. Read more
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