Jul 30th   
Jason and the Argonauts***   
(GB 1963)                                 
Columbia. 104m.

To avenge the murder of his family, Jason journeys to find the Golden Fleece with the help and hindrance of the Gods.
Probably the best of the Harryhausen mythical adventures, allowing the story to tell itself at a decent pace with brilliant and sometimes naive moments of imagination akin to The Thief of Bagdad.

Written by: Jan Read, Beverly Cross.
Producer: Charles H. Schneer.
Director: Don Chaffey.
Starring: Todd Armstrong, Honor Blackman (as Hera), Niall MacGinnis (as Zeus),  Nancy Kovack, Douglas Wilmer, GaryRaymond, Nigel Green (as Hercules), John Cairney, Laurence Naismith, Andrew Faulds, Jack Gwillum, Patrick Troughton.
Photography: Wilkie Cooper.
Music: Bernard Herrmann.
Special Effects: Ray Harryhausen.
Production Design: Geoffrey Drake.

JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS. Hercules (Nigel Green) looks on as the giant statue of Talos kneels erect, with the sort of head that you know is going to turn round. When that moment comes, it is still unnerving.