Hawk the Slayer

Hawk the Slayer
Hawk the Slayer
	UK quad poster
Directed by	Terry Marcel
Screenplay by	Terry Marcel; Harry Robertson;
Story by	Terry Marcel; Harry Robertson;
Produced by	Harry Robertson
Starring	Jack Palance; John Terry; Bernard Bresslaw; Harry Andrews; Cheryl Campbell; Annette Crosbie; Roy Kinnear; Catriona MacColl; Patrick Magee; Ferdy Mayne; Graham Stark;
Cinematography	Paul Beeson
Edited by	Eric Boyd-Perkins
Music by	Harry Robertson
Production; companies	Chips Productions; Marcel/Robertson Productions Limited;
Distributed by	ITC Entertainment
Release date	18 December 1980 (London);
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£600,000

Hawk the Slayer is a 1980 sword and sorcery adventure film directed by Terry Marcel and starring John Terry and Jack Palance. It follows Hawk and Voltan, two warring brothers. Hawk, wielding a magical sword, assembles a small force of fighters to rid the land of Voltan. The film was received negatively upon its initial release, but has since developed a cult following. Sequels were planned, but never produced.