Movie Type: Family-Oriented Adventure, Prehistoric Fantasy
Themes: Heroic Mission, Lost Worlds, Survival in the Wilderness
Main Cast: William Katt, Sean Young, Patrick McGoohan, Julian Fellowes, Kyalo Mativo
Release Year: 1985
Country: US
Run Time: 95 minutes
Plot
Eight years before the dinosaur mania created by Jurassic Park, Bill L. Norton released this more dinosaur-friendly story about a 10-foot baby dinosaur in dire straits in Africa because Dr. Eric Kiviat (Patrick McGoohan), an evil paleontologist, is after it with a vengeance. He is the nemesis of Dr. Susan Matthews-Loomis (Sean Young) -- determined to save the baby from its hunters -- and her husband George Loomis (William Katt), a sportswriter who shares her protective instincts. Kiviat has recruited a revolutionary army to help him capture the baby's mother -- which they manage to do without killing her. The army has already shot down the father dinosaur, and so their own instincts are far from protective. As the husband and wife and baby dinosaur are united at last in their attempts to survive, the next step is to recapture Mom dinosaur and get away from the army and Kiviat, not an easy feat. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
Hugh Quarshie - Col. Nsogbu; Richard Aguirre - Actors Inside Baby the; Andrew Bradford - Stunt Player; George Budd - Dinosaur; Paula Crist - Dinosaur Costume; Julian Curry - Etienne; Tracey Eddon - Stunt Player; Terri Girvin; Edward Hardwicke - Dr. Pierre Dubois; Olu Jacobs - Col. Nsogbu; Stephane Krora - Port Captain; Mark Mangini - Dinosaur; Alexis Meless - Guide; Susie Nottingham - Baki, the Lab Assistant; Anthony Sarfoh - Village Chief; Eddie Tagoe - Sgt. Gambwe; Jim Dowdall - Stunt Player; Gareth Milne - Stunt Player; Jeannot Banny - Slain Soldier; Natasha Bauman - Stunt Player; Roger Carlton - Old African; Graeme Crowther - Stunt Player; J. Mark Donaldson - Stunt Player; Kirk Elam - Stunt Player; Melvin Jones - Stunt Player; Therese Taba - Colleague
Credit
John Mansbridge - Art Director, Steve Spence - Art Director, Bill Shepard - Casting, Susan S. McEveety - Costume Designer, Bill L. Norton - Director, David Bretherton - Editor, Howard E. Smith - Editor, Jerry Goldsmith - Composer (Music Score), Kevin Board - Makeup, Robert J. Schiffer - Makeup, Maureen Stevenson - Makeup, Louis Mann - Production Designer, Raymond G. Storey - Production Designer, John Alcott - Cinematographer, Roger Spottiswoode - Producer, Jonathan Taplin - Producer, Julie Graysmark - Set Designer, Roger M. Shook - Set Designer, Peter Anderson - Special Effects, Roland Tantin - Special Effects, Dicky Beer - Stunts, Clifford Green - Screenwriter, Diana Hammond - Screenwriter, Ellen Green - Screenwriter
