Wichita's Christopher Connelly in "The Norseman" (1978)

Starring Wichita's, Christopher Connelly

The Norseman (1978) is a PG, Action-Adventure film.
A Viking prince sets sail from Greenland in search of his father, who departed on an expedition to North America and has not yet returned.

Cast:
Lee Majors - Thorvald
Cornel Wilde - Ragnar
Christopher Connelly - Rolf
Mel Ferrer - King Eurich
Jack Elam - Death Dreamer
Susie Coelho - Winetta
Jimmy Clem - Olif
Deacon Jones - Thrall
Denny Miller - Rauric
Kathleen Freeman - Old Indian Woman
Jesse Pearson - Narrator (voice)

Directed by: Charles B. Pierce

Production:
The film was a co-production between Charles Pierce and Lee Majors, with AIP handling the distribution. It was Pierce's first film with a major Hollywood studio.

Majors said it "took a lot of guts" to play a Viking but was persuaded by a fee of $500,000 and 10% of the profits. He later remarked, "I had a little time off, and they said, "It shoots in Florida, on the coast there, out of Tampa," and they had a bunch of Tampa Bay Buccaneers that were gonna play Vikings, so ... I don't know, I thought it'd be fun, so I did it."

The film was shot in Tampa, Florida. Postproduction was done at Pierce's $2 million facility at Shreveport, Louisiana.

"There is no character to develop here and hardly any dialogue," said Majors, "this is a formula film."

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