When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth

When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
U.S. Theatrical release poster
by Tom Chantrell
Directed byVal Guest
Written byVal Guest
Story byJ. G. Ballard
(Treatment)
Produced byAida Young
StarringVictoria Vetri
Robin Hawdon
Patrick Allen
Imogen Hassall
CinematographyDick Bush
Edited byPeter Curran
Music byMario Nascimbene
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release dates
  • 1 October 1970 (1970-10-01) (London premiere)
  • 25 October 1970 (1970-10-25) (United Kingdom)
[1][2]
Running time
100 minutes (United Kingdom)
96 minutes (United States)
CountriesUnited Kingdom
United States[3]
LanguagesAboriginal languages
English
Budget£566,000[4]

When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (titled When Dinosaurs Ruled the World in the U.K.[3]) is a 1970 British fantasy film from Hammer Films, written and directed by Val Guest, and starring Victoria Vetri. It was produced by Aida Young. This was the third in Hammer's "Cave Girl" series, preceded by One Million Years B.C. (1966) and Prehistoric Women (1967); it was followed by Creatures the World Forgot (1971).[5]

  1. ^ "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth". American Film Institute. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  2. ^ Maxford, Howard (17 December 2018). Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company. McFarland. ISBN 9781476670072. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  3. ^ a b "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth". American Film Institute. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  4. ^ Bruce G. Hallenbeck, British Cult Cinema: Hammer Fantasy and Sci-Fi, Hemlock Books 2011 p204
  5. ^ McKay, Sinclair (2007). A Thing of Unspeakable Horror: The History of Hammer Films. p. 105.