Warlords of Atlantis

The third of these Kevin Connor directed science-fiction outings for Doug McClure - this time as maritime explorers looking for the lost Atlantis. Peter Gilmore adds a little gravitas to this nautical yarn, as they descend to retrieve a golden statue from the depths and end up meeting a giant squid that gives them a bit more than they bargained for. They face lots of angry pre-historic beasties as they journey to meet the Atlantian illuminati - Cyd Charisse and Daniel Massey, no less. Yes, it is cheap - just like the other two, and the script was probably concocted on the back of a beer mat, but it is still a fun little diversion and the special effects are perfectly acceptable for the time.

Doug McClures fourth and final British adventure-fantasy flick

At the turn of the century in the Victorian Age, a British archaeologist & his son (Peter Gilmore) enlist a ship to take them to the general area of the Bermuda Islands, secretly in search of Atlantis. The designer of a state-of-the-art diving bell (McClure) is key to the missions success.

Warlords of Atlantis (1978) is also known as Warlords of the Deep in America, a change that was made due to the failure of the American TV show Man From Atlantis. It was the fourth and final Brit adventure/fantasy starring McClure and produced by the team of Kevin Connor & John Dark (the former also directing). The previous three films came out between 1974-1977: They were The ...