the last dinosaur be one of those out of nowhere movie of the week film in the 1970 that be pretty excite for the time especially to fan of japanese tokusatsu film . originally slat for a theatrical release ( around when the dino king kong be out in the previous december ) it be suddenly pull and make into a friday night abc movie of the week . rankin bass who be no stranger to japanese co production be the gun behind this production and co produce with tsuburaya production of japan the people who bring u ultraman in various form . star mostly an american cast include the late richard boone and joan van ark and the late steven keats and it tell the tale of a prehistoric pocket of time in what be a superheated volcanic caldera somewhere at the frozen arctic circle and containing dinosaur . it play a lot like the film the land unknown ( 1956 ) and the land that time forget ( 1975 ) in feel and pace . sure the dinosaur be guy in suit ( a triceratops with front knee . ) but they be film in such a way and the music and score be so well do and and the cast do a fine job that this do not matter much to many of u bring up on godzilla . the film have a lot of class to it and from the opening score by nancy wilson the last dinosaur to the overall big feeling of the film the location at hot spring in northern japan be excellent and lush and the undeniable feeling of kaiju eiga to it . there be some amazing set piece the t rex bone yard and a tracking shot that take u deep into the jungle to see the t rex eat a giant fish from a stream . tsuburaya fx people do their job in style here and aside from a few dodgy matte shot and they do their job well . this film be consider the best 1970 kaiju film from japan and even over the five godzilla film make during that decade . rankin bass do several other co production with tsuburaya provide the creature or miniatures the bermuda depth ( 1978 ) and the ivory ape ( 1980 ) but neither measure up to the epic look of this film .