Warlords of Atlantis

Warlords of Atlantis
Directed byKevin Connor
Screenplay byBrian Hayles
Produced byKevin Connor
John Dark
StarringDoug McClure
Peter Gilmore
Shane Rimmer
Lea Brodie
CinematographyAlan Hume
Edited byBill Blunden
Music byMike Vickers
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byEMI Films Ltd[2]
Release dates
  • 5 May 1978 (1978-05-05) (UK)
  • May 1978 (1978-05) (USA)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2 million[3]
Box office£97,321 (UK)[4]

Warlords of Atlantis (aka Warlords of the Deep, though see below for further variant titles) is a 1978 British adventure science fiction film directed by Kevin Connor and starring Doug McClure, Peter Gilmore, Shane Rimmer, and Lea Brodie. The plot describes a trip to the lost world of Atlantis. The screenplay was by Brian Hayles. It was filmed in colour with monophonic sound and English language dialogue, and runs for 96 minutes. Warlords of Atlantis received a Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) rating of PG. It was novelised by Paul Victor.

  1. ^ Warlords of Atlantis at AllMovie
  2. ^ Warlords of Atlantis at the British Film Institute[better source needed]
  3. ^ Alexander Walker, National Heroes: British Cinema in the Seventies and Eighties, Harrap, 1985 p 195
  4. ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 302. Figures are distributor's gross.