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The adventures of the mythological character Jason and his Argonauts is brought to life in this amazing and timeless classic. The story revolves around Jason who returns to the kingdom of Thessaly after his family and home where conquered by Pelias who in the process killed his father. Jason returns after 20 years and by accident saves Pelias's life. Pelias takes Jason to his camp there Jason reveals to him his desire to kill Pelias and find the Golden Fleece, but Pelias deceives him posing as someone else and tells Jason not to reveal himself to the king but to search for the fleece first. But alas the Gods are on Jason's side, he is transported to Mt Olympus by Hermes where Hera tells him that Zeus has given her the opportunity to help him on his quest and tells Jason to search for the fleece in the land of Colchis at the very end of the world.  Jason organizes some olympic games so that the best warriors of Greece can compete to win a place in the quest for the fleece on the ship called the Argo. With the help of the Goddess Hera and a group brave of warriors which include Hercules, Castor and other famous mythological heroes set sail to Colchis. But Before Jason can reach his destination he encounters Talos a 100 ft tall statue made of pure bronze that comes to life and attacks them and destroys the ship in the Isle of Bronze. Upon the defeat of the giant Talos they are guided by Hera to visit Phineeas a blind Prophet who is very wise but is being tormented by two Harpies sent from Zeus as a punishment. Phinneas is willing to help the Argonauts if they help him by getting rid of the Harpies. The Argonauts prepare a trap for the harpies and are successful, Phinneas tells Jason that only way to get to Colchis is thru the clashing rocks, a pair of rock formations that come alive and destroy any ship that wanders by their waters. Jason traverses the waters and witnesses the destruction of a merchant ship, but the Gods help Jason when Triton emerges from the deep waters and creates a barrier between their ship and the Clashing rocks. After navigating thru the dangerous channel Jason and the rest rescue the survivors of the destroyed ship, one of them is Medea the high priestess of Hecate patron Goddess of the city of Colchis. In Colchis king Aeetes at first welcomes the Argonauts but then in a complete rage he accuses them of being pirates and murderers and sends them to prison...all this by the word of Acastus the son of Pelias. That very night Medea rescues Jason and some of the Argonauts, she guides Jason to the location of the fleece but before him stands the many headed Hydra the guardian of the Fleece. Jason fights with the giant snake and kills it, they escape but Aeetes and his men arrive and see that the Hydra is dead, he commands his men to gather the teeth of the Hydra and prays to the Goddess Hecate to bring forth the children of the night...7 skeletons of long dead warriors who serve Aeetes. He commands them to kill and destroy Jason and his band of thieves. Jason is the only one who survives the attack from the children of the Hydra's teeth by jumping off the cliff and swimming to the ship. In the end Jason takes the Fleece and Medea with him and is believed he returns to Thessaly and takes his throne as the true king.

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Trivia:

• Jason and the Argonauts took nearly two years to complete and a cost of $3 Million dollars the most expensive production for the team yet.

• Todd Armstrong's voice was dubbed for the film because Columbia felt that his American accent didn't mix with dominant British cast. Todd did had a good speaking voice by the way..

• The cost to build the Argo was $250,000 which was a huge portion of the overall budget. After production Charles H. Schneer sold it to Century-Fox who used it in the Actium sea battle in Cleopatra.

• Would you believe that the plaster skeletons used in the scene where Jason plunges into the sea at the end of the film are believe to still be there somewhere by the cliffs edge.