Pigozzi as Pag (as Alan Collins) Carole André as Ena John Steiner as Overlord Ayşegül Ünsal as Roa of the Sand-People (as Ayshe Gul) Aytekin Akkaya as Leader of the Sand-People Sergio Nicolai as Kay Production Yor, the Hunter from the Future is an adaptation of the Argentinian comic book Yor, created in 1974 by writer Eugenio Juan Zappietro and artist Juan Zanotto. The comic appeared in the Italian magazine Lanciostory in 1975. Director Antonio Margheriti later told an interviewer that the comic was fascinating to him. The film was part of a wave of sword-and-sorcery themed films that appeared after the success of John Milius's 1982 film version of Conan the Barbarian. Other Italian productions that appeared in 1983 in its wake along with Yor, including Lucio Fulci's Conquest and Franco Prosperi's The Throne of Fire (both 1983). The film differs from the comics where the second part of the film begins to resemble Star Wars. Yor, the Hunter from the Future was shot in Turkey, including scenes shot in Cappadocia. Along with co-writing and directing the film, Margheriti supervised the films special effects with his son Edoardo. The film was originally made as a four part miniseries, with four 50-minute segments that were broadcast on Italy's RAI television in 1983 and throughout the 1990s in reruns. Release Yor, the Hunter from the Future was released in Italy on February 10, 1983. Running time of the Italian feature version of the film was 98 minutes, while the version released August 19, 1983 in American theaters ran 89 minutes. The film was distributed in the United States by Columbia Pictures. Margheriti stated that Columbia distributed 1400 prints of the film and that it was "one of the most successful pictures of my life." Yor, the Hunter from the Future grossed a total of $2,810,199 in the United States. The film was released on DVD as part of Sony's on-demand manufacturing service on September 6, 2011. A Blu-ray of the film was released by Mill Creek Entertainment in January 2018 with an audio commentary with actor Reb Brown. The Blu-ray features the American theatrical cut, not the longer Italian version. Reception In contemporary reviews, Variety referred to the film as "one of the cheesiest pics to bear a major studio imprimatur recently, and will have to grab the under-12 crowd on opening weekend or two to pay off. Nobody older than