Valley of the Dragons (film)

Valley of the Dragons
Theatrical poster.
Directed byEdward Bernds
Written byEdward Bernds
Story byDonald Zimbalist
Based onthe novel Career of a Comet by Jules Verne
Produced byByron Roberts
executive
Al Zimbalist
StarringCesare Danova, Sean McClory, Joan Staley and Danielle De Metz
CinematographyBrydon Baker
Edited byEdwin H. Bryant
Music byRuby Raksin
Production
company
Zimbalist-Roberts-Bernds Productions
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • October 25, 1961 (1961-10-25)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$125,000

Valley of the Dragons (released in UK as Prehistoric Valley) is a black and white 1961 American science fiction film loosely based on Jules Verne's 1877 novel Off on a Comet (aka Hector Servadac) and heavily dependent on stock footage from the movies One Million B.C., King Dinosaur, Cat-Women of the Moon and Rodan. Director Edward Bernds says the film was originally built around stock footage from One Million B.C.

The film was released on October 25, 1961 by Columbia Pictures on a double feature with William Castle's Mr. Sardonicus (1961).