When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth – 1970

A Hammer Film production released by Warner Brothers
Copyright MCMLXIX Hammer Film Productions ltd. – All rights reserved
MPAA Approved Certificate

The characters and incidents portrayed and the names used herein are fictitious and any similarity to the name, character, or history of any person is entirely accidental and unintentional

RCA Sound Recording
Made at Shepperton Studios Limited, Shepperton, Middlesex, England and on location in the Canary Islands
Technicolor 100 mins

Storyline

As a portion of the Sun breaks away to form the Moon, creating a fiery ball which causes violent upheavals on earth, Sanna, a beautiful young maiden of the primitive Rock Tribe, escapes the sacrifice for which she has been prepared and is swept out to sea by tremendous winds. She is eventually rescued by Tara, a fisherman of the Sand tribe, but her troubles are only just beginning. For Tara’s woman, Ayak, jealously provokes her people against Sanna, who flees into the wilderness and finds shelter in the egg of a dinosaur…..

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Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
2nd Unit Cameraman	Johnny Cabrera	45	14 Jan 1925		18 Apr 2014	89	1		1
2nd Unit Continuity	Susanna Merry						1		1
Art Director	John Blezard	43	1927		2018	91	1		1
Ast. Director	John Stoneman	31	1 Jan 1939	01.01.1939		84	1		1
Construction Manager	Albert Blackshaw	44	5 Oct 1926		13 Jul 2016	89	1		1
Continuity	Josephine Knowles	39	1 Jan 1931		7 Apr 1989	58	1		1
Costume Designer	Carl Toms	43	29 May 1927		4 Aug 1999	72	7		7
Director	Val Guest	58	11 Dec 1911		10 May 2006	94	29		29
Director of Photog.	Dick Bush BSc	38	2 Dec 1931		4 Aug 1997	65	3		3
Dubbing Editor	Frank Goulding				1991		4		4
Editor	Peter Curran	46	29 Sep 1924		Jun 1999	74	1		1
Hairdressing Supervisor	Joyce James						2		2
Make-up Supervisor	Richard Mills						3	4	7
Musical Composer	Mario Nascimbene	56	28 Nov 1913		6 Jan 2002	88	4		4
Musical Supervisor	Philip Martell	63	6 Oct 1907		11 Aug 1993	85	104	1	105
Producer	Aida Young	50	11 Aug 1920		12 Aug 2007	87	8	6	14
Production Manager	Christopher Sutton	39	1 Sep 1931	01.09.1931		91	7		7
Sound Recordist	Kevin Sutton						3		3
Special Effects	Allan Bryce	42	21 Dec 1927		24 Dec 2000	73	2		2
Special Effects	Roger Dicken	31	1 Jan 1939	01.01.1939		84	2		2
Special Effects	Brian Johnson (an Johncock)	31	29 Jun 1939	29.06.1939		84	3	7	10
Special Visual Effects	Jim Danforth	30	13 Jul 1940	13.07.1940		82	1	1	2
Treatment	J.B. Ballard	39	15 Nov 1930		19 Apr 2009	78	1		1
Wardrobe Master	Brian Owen-Smith						3		3
Writer	Val Guest	58	11 Dec 1911		10 May 2006	94	29		29
Uncredited
Camera Operator	Ronnie Fox-Rogers	38	1 Jan 1932		30 Jan 2008	76		2	2
Clapper / Loader	Jerry Sandler	23	1 Dec 1946	01.12.1946		76		3	3
Co-First Ast. Director: Spain	Miguel Gil							1	1
Effects Camerman	Jim Danforth	30	13 Jul 1940	13.07.1940		82	1	1	2
First Ast. Director: 2nd Unit	Carlos Gil	22	12 May 1948	12.05.1948		75		1	1
Focus Puller	Ray Andrew	30	1940	01.01.1940		83		3	3
Location Manager	Ariel Levy	26	12 Mar 1944	12.03.1944		79	2	2	4
Matte Artist	Ray Caple	32	5 Jan 1938		1993	54		6	6
Matte Artist	Les Bowie	56	10 Nov 1913		27 Jan 1979	65	32	11	43
Matte Artist	Doug Ferris	39	1931	01.01.1931		92		2	2
Matte Artist	Peter Melrose	40	1 Jan 1930	01.01.1930		93	1	4	5
Sound Camera Op.	Patrick Heigham	27	2 Dec 1942	02.12.1942		80		1	1
Sound Re-Recordist	Ted Karnon	58	23 Jan 1912		1991	78		1	1
Sound Supervisor	A.W. Watkins	74	1 Dec 1895		Feb 1970	74		1	1
Special Effects	Garth Inns	27	12 Apr 1943		30 Jan 2021	77		1	1
Special Effects	Martin Gutteridge	31	1 Apr 1939	01.04.1939		84		1	1
Special Effects	Brian Humphrey							1	1
Stand-in: Sean Caffrey	Alan Harris	32	28 May 1938		25 Jan 2020	81		1	1
Stunts	Peter Pocock	36	1934		5 May 2007	73		2	2
Stunts	Steve Emerson	35	31 Oct 1934	31.10.1934		88		2	2

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Ammon	Patrick Holt	58	31 Jan 1912		12 Oct 1993	81	3	1	4
Ayak	Imogen Hassall	28	25 Aug 1942		16 Nov 1980	38	1		1
Fisherman	Jimmy Lodge						1		1
Hunter	Billy Cornelius	36	18 Aug 1934	18.08.1934		88	1		1
Hunter	Ray Ford						1		1
Kano	Sean Caffrey	30	15 Apr 1940		25 Apr 2013	73	2		2
Khaku	Drewe Henley	30	1 Jan 1940		14 Feb 2016	76	1		1
Kingsor	Patrick Allen	43	17 Mar 1927		28 Jul 2006	79	4	2	6
Omah	Maria O'Brien	22	11 Apr 1948		13 Jan 2013	64	1		1
Rock Girl	Jan Rossini						1		1
Rock Mother	Maggie Lynton						1		1
Sand Mother	Connie Tilton	42	1 Jan 1928		27 Mar 2017	89	1		1
Sanna	Victoria Vetri	26	26 Sep 1944	26.09.1944		78	1		1
Tara	Robin Hawdon	31	28 Mar 1939	28.03.1939		84	1		1
Ulido	Magda Konopka	27	15 Mar 1943	15.03.1943		80	1		1
Yani	Carol-Anne Hawkins	21	31 Jan 1949	31.01.1949		74	1		1
Uncredited
Caveman	Dido Plumb	65	23 Jun 1905		4 Mar 1991	85		10	10
Caveman	Charles Price				9 May 2004			2	2
Cavewoman	Ann Barrass	40	9 Jul 1930		Nov 2017	87		2	2
Minor Role	Polly Dillon							1	1
With	John Levene	28	24 Dec 1941	24.12.1941		81		1	1
With	Jacquelene Pullen							1	1

Production


FILMING BEGAN	12 September 1968
UK RELEASE	25 October 1970
STUDIO	Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England
	Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England
LOCATION	Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain
	Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
	Fortaleza de Ansite, Santa Lucía de Tirajana, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
	Caldera de Tejeda, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
	Amurga, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain

Footnotes

The special effects for this film earned Hammer their one and only Academy Award Nomination.

Victoria Vetri was another of those curvaceous young beauties whom Hammer appeared to be grooming for stardom. Again, though, like so many others she seems to have disappeared without trace after this film.

Actor Patrick Allen was well known to TV audiences for his role in the ITV drama series “Crane”. His films include the Planet Films sci-fi thriller “Night of the Big Heat” (1967, directed by Terence Fisher and starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee).

Actress Imogen Hassall was known for playing sexy, scantily clad characters in film and on TV. She committed suicide in 1980 at the age of 38.

Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection