

The Sword and the Sorcerer
A kingdom ruled by evil. A princess enslaved by passion. A warrior driven by justice.
A mercenary with a three-bladed sword rediscovers his royal heritage when he is recruited to help a princess foil a brutal tyrant and a powerful sorcerer's plans to conquer the land.
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5.5/10
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $4M
- Box office
- $39.1M
- Language
- English
- princess
- crucifixion
- prince
- mythology
- resurrection
- telekinesis
- sword fight
- torture chamber
- sorcerer
- king
- barbarian
- burlesque
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR1 Apr 1982
- PhysicalRMCA Home Video #71010 [𝐕𝐇𝐒📼] 𝟭𝟬𝟬 mínutєѕ3 Feb 1987
United KingdomGB
- Physical18DVD Release8 Apr 2002
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1629 Apr 1982
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1629 Apr 1982
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The Sword and the Sorcerer was released on 1 April 1982.
Audience reviews
4- W4/10
Wuchak
8/23/2018
Weak “Conan the Barbarian” knockoff In a distant fantastical past, the rightful heir of a conquered kingdom (Lee Horsley) returns to his homeland as the formidable leader of a mercenary band. He assists “Prince” Mikah (Simon MacCorkindale) and his cute sister (Kathleen Beller) to overthrow the evil king (Richard Lynch) and his former evil sorcerer (Richard Moll). “The Sword and the Sorcerer” debuted two weeks b…
- J6/10
JPV852
3/19/2022
Somewhat charming fantasy-adventure film that features some respectable special effects and the set designs were pretty good. Acting was so-so however the lead didn't have a whole lot of charisma and the fight scenes were fine but a few scenes were too dimly lit. Should be said, these kinds of movies (including Conan the Barbarian) aren't really my thing but at least this kept my attention. **3.0/5**
- C5/10
CinemaSerf
11/9/2022
This actually benefits from having the germ of a decent story of dynastic skulduggery. The evil king "Cromwell" (Richard Lynch) has designs on the throne of the peaceable king "Richard" (Christopher Cary). To that end he awakens the lethal and demonic "Xusia" (Richard Moll) to destabilise "Eh-Dan" and make it ripe for the picking. Fortunately, young prince "Talon" (Lee Horsley) escapes this terror and flees leaving h…
- G10/10
GenerationofSwine
1/10/2023
They made a sequel to this that was bucking for arthouse... and it was horrible. This movie was self aware enough to know that they weren't making Chinatown. The dialogue was pretty fun and understood that it wasn't anywhere near a good film, so it could still be light hearted enough to throw in gags here and there in the script, to over-act when it suited the scene, to be fun for the sake of being fun. It's a …
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