Prehistoric Women
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Prehistoric Women | |
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Directed by | Gregg C. Tallas |
Produced by | Sam X. Abarbanel/Albert J. Cohen |
Written by | Sam X. Abarbanel/Gregg C. Tallas |
Starring | Laurette Luez/Allan Nixon |
Music by | Raoul Kraushaar |
Cinematography | Lionel Lindon |
Editing by | James Graham |
Distributed by | Alliance Productions |
Release date(s) | November 1, 1950 December 21, 1950 1952 September 14, 1952 May 2, 1953 June 19, 1953 |
Running time | 74 min. |
Language | English |
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Prehistoric Women is a 1950 science fiction, adventure film, written and directed by Gregg C. Tallas and starring Laurette Luez and Allan Nixon. Released by Alliance Productions this independent film was also titled The Virgin Goddess. Prehistoric Women is seemingly influenced by and is similar to One Million B.C. (1940). A remake ( sometimes known as 'Slave Girls' ) was made in 1967 starring Martine Beswick
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Tigri (Luez) and her stone age friends, all of which are women, hate all men. However, she and her Amazon tribe see men as a "necessary evil" and capture them for potential husbands. Engor (Nixon), who is smarter than the rest of the men, is able to escape them. He discovers fire and battle enormous beasts. After he is recaptured by the women, he discovers fire and drives off a dragon-like creature. The women are impressed with him, including their prehistoric queen. Engor marries Tigri and they begin a new, more civilized, tribe.
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The Commentator: Strangely enough, the swan dive was invented before the swan