One Million B.C.

1940 film by D. W. Griffith, Hal Roach, Hal Roach, Jr.
Movie film Q375321
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Summary

One Million B.C. is a film[1]. One Million B.C. ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,338 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Hal Roach[3], Hal Roach, Jr.[4], D. W. Griffith[5]
  • Screenwriter: Grover Jones[6]
  • Composer: Werner R. Heymann[7]
  • Genre: fantasy film[8]
  • Cast member: Victor Mature[9], Carole Landis[10], Lon Chaney Jr.[11], Conrad Nagel[12], John Hubbard[13], Nigel De Brulier[14], Mamo Clark[15], Jean Porter[16], Inez Palange[17], Jacqueline Dalya[18], Harry Wilson[19], Norman Budd[20]
  • Producer: Hal Roach[21], TWF[22]
  • Production company: United Artists[23]
  • Director of photography: Norbert Brodine[24]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[25]
  • Commons category: One Million B.C.[26]
  • Color: black-and-white[27]
  • Country of origin: United States[28]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1940[29], April 5, 1940[30]
  • Distributed by: United Artists[31]
  • Main subject: dinosaur[32]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Score[33], Academy Award for Best Special Effects[34]
  • Title: One Million B.C.[35]
  • Different from: Q4293558[36]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 12[37]
  • Duration: 79 minutes[38]
  • Set in period: prehistory[39]
  • Production designer: Charles D. Hall[40]
  • Derivative work: One Million Years B.C.[41]

Why It Matters

One Million B.C. has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] One Million B.C. is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . cinematografo.it. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . cinematografo.it. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . cinematografo.it. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . cinematografo.it. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . cinematografo.it. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ampas collections film id → W081183
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  2. 15d ago · Rémi sim · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 19
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bn', 'commons', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'id', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'pl', 'p
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  3. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 85094
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  4. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Production designer → Charles D. Hall
    Set in period → prehistory
    Publication date → +1940-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1940-04-05T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Grover Jones
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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