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	21 December 1980;
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. The story follows two warring brothers who fight to gain control of a magical sword. A brave warrior, the titular Hawk, assembles a small force of fighters to help him rid the land of a powerful and devious enemy.

Marcel had been working with Harry Robertson when they realized that they both were fans of the sword and sorcery genre. Marcel has stated that it was not intended to include magic at all, and was supposed to be a historical film. In the course of writing the script, he then introduced the magical mind stone, changing the overall nature.

The film had an initial negative reception but has since developed a cult following. Sequels were planned, but never produced.

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