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Jabberwocky (1977)

28/03/1977 (GB)Fantasy, Comedy1h 45m
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Jabberwocky: the monster so horrible that people caught the plague to avoid it

Overview

After the death of his father, young Dennis Cooper goes to town where he has to pass several adventures. The town and the whole kingdom is threatened by a terrible monster called 'Jabberwocky'. Will Dennis make his fortune? Is anyone brave enough to defeat the monster?

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Michael Palin

      Michael Palin

      Dennis Cooper

    2. Harry H. Corbett

      Harry H. Corbett

      Squire

    3. John Le Mesurier

      John Le Mesurier

      Passelewe

    4. Warren Mitchell

      Warren Mitchell

      Mr. Fishfinger

    5. Max Wall

      Max Wall

      King Bruno the Questionable

    6. Rodney Bewes

      Rodney Bewes

      The Other Squire

    7. John Bird

      John Bird

      1st Herald

    8. Bernard Bresslaw

      Bernard Bresslaw

      The Landlord

    9. Deborah Fallender

      Deborah Fallender

      The Princess

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    5.0
    Written by CinemaSerf on Jun 4, 2023

    The biggest problem I have with this is that, well, it just isn't very funny! It centres on Michael Palin's "Dennis Cooper" - a man who determines that to win the hand of his true love "Griselda" (Annette Badland) he must enter the vile and filthy city of King "Bruno the Questionable" (Max Wall) and prove his worth with some magnificent deed of derring-do. The deed, well that is to rid the kingdom of a pesky dragon - "the Jabberwocky". Right from the get-go, the would be fairy tale romance is so implausible as to go from mildly amusing at first to downright irritating after about ten minutes. ...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

    Budget$500,000.00

    Revenue$490,000.00

    Keywords

    • new love
    • dreams
    • parent child relationship
    • village
    • lewis carroll