Outlaw (film)

Outlaw
aka	Outlaw of Gor Gor II
Year	1988
Directed by	John "Bud" Cardos
Produced by	Avi Lerner Harry Alan Towers
Written by	Harry Alan Towers Rick Marx
Music by	Pino Donaggio
Studio	Breton Film Productions Cannon International
Cast	Urbano Barberini Rebecca Ferratti Jack Palance Donna Denton Russel Savadier
Run time	89 minutes
Riffed in	Experiment #519

For the episode, see MST3K 519 - Outlaw.

“	Cabot?	”
	- Watney-Smith

Outlaw is a sword-and-sorcery adventure movie directed by John "Bud" Cardos. It is the second film based on the "Gor" series of novels by John Norman.

Plot

The high Priest (Jack Palance)

University Adjunct Professor Tarl Cabot and his colleague Watney-Smith are teleported by the Home Stone to Gor, a distant planet. Cabot has been to Gor before, and they have been transported by The Elder, who fears that Xeno the high Priest seeks to replace the affable, progressive King Marlenus of Koroba on the throne.

Outlaw of Gor

The Elder is mistaken. It is Marlenus' wife Queen Lara who craves the throne to gain absolute power. Cabot does not much care about the palace intrigue as he is overjoyed to be reunited with his true love, the Princess Talena. Cabot's romantic involvement with the princess places him next in line for the throne. Watney-Smith is seduced by the queen into helping frame Cabot after she murders Marlenus. She then kills The Elder, schedules Princess Talena for execution, and throws Watney-Smith in a dungeon.

Cabot and his blond little-person friend escape into the desert. A bounty hunter is dispatched to return Cabot to the queen. Cabot is to be taken alive because he is popular with the common people. Cabot is also determined to end slavery on Koroba. Cabot survives, Talena is freed, the queen is killed, and a disoriented Watney-Smith is returned to Earth.

Cast

• Urbano Barberini as Cabot
• Rebecca Ferratti as Talena
• Jack Palance as Xeno
• Donna Denton as Lara
• Russel Savadier as Watney-Smith
• Larry Taylor as Marlenus

Notes

• This film is the sequel to the 1988 film Gor, and is more widely know by its alternate title, Outlaw of Gor. Both films are based (loosely) on the long-running series of Gor novels by John Norman. The series is somewhat controversial, due to its perceived misogynistic content.
• Produced concurrently with Gor, with both films having 1987 as their copyright year.
• First released on home video in West Germany in December of 1988, Outlaw was made available on video in the United States in March of 1989.
• The name "Cabot" is spoken more than 55 times in the first 10 minutes of the film, mostly by Watney-Smith.
• The final scene is shot in South Africa. The cars have the distinctive 'T' at the end of the license plates, indicating Transvaal (now Gauteng) Province. This places the filming somewhere in Johannesburg.
• This was one of two Cannon Group films to be featured on the show, the other being Alien from L.A.

MST3K Connections

• Director John "Bud" Cardos was also director for The Day Time Ended.
• Writer (under the pseudonym Peter Wellbeck) and producer Harry Alan Towers was also writer and producer for The Castle of Fu Manchu, and The Million Eyes of Sumuru, as well as executive producer for H.G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come.
• Jack Palance also portrayed Mike Farrell in Angels Revenge and Omus in H.G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come.
• Producer Avi Lerner was also executive producer for Alien from L.A..
• Sound editor Bill Asher was also editor for Space Mutiny.
• Supervising sound editor Gilbert D. Marchant was also music editor for The Killer Shrews and The Amazing Transparent Man.
• ADR and foley mixer Tommy Goodwin was also ADR and foley mixer for Alien from L.A..
• Key grip Tony Slotar was also key grip for Space Mutiny.

Critical Response

• Leonard Maltin wrote: "One-and-a-half stars. Worthless sequel to Gor (which wasn’t any good in the first place) ... Lots of swords, no sorcery. "