Release Date
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Original Release
January 1, 1953
0h 10m
The Story of King Midas (1953)
â 7.210 min
Overview
A greedy King Midas is visited one day by a mysterious visitor who grants him the ability to turn all things he touches to gold. He learns his lesson when the food he tries to eat and his own daughter are turned to gold as well. The visitor reappears and offers him the opportunity to return to his old self, which he gladly does. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2004.
Director
Ray Harryhausen
Department: Visual Effects
âPopularity: 0.7
Cast
Del Moore
Narrator
â0.5
Genres
AnimationFantasyFamily
Production Companies
Ray Harryhausen Studio
