Prehistoric Women
Directed byGregg G. Tallas
Written bySam X. Abarbanel
Gregg G. Tallas
Produced bySam X. Abarbanel
Albert J. Cohen
StarringLaurette Luez
Allan Nixon
Mara Lynn
CinematographyLionel Lindon
Edited byJames Graham
Music byRaoul Kraushaar
Production
company
Alliance Productions
Distributed byEagle-Lion Films
Release date
  • November 1, 1950 (1950-11-01) (United States)
Running time
74 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$200,000[1]
Box office$1 million[1]
Prehistoric Women theatrical poster at the Corso cinema (Amsterdam), 1952

Prehistoric Women is a 1950 low-budget fantasy adventure film, written and directed by Gregg G. Tallas and starring Laurette Luez and Allan Nixon. It also features Joan Shawlee, Judy Landon, and Mara Lynn. Released by Alliance Productions, the independent film was also titled The Virgin Goddess. The film was later distributed in the United States as a double feature with Man Beast.[2]

Plot

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 as potential husbands. Engor (Nixon), who is smarter than the rest of the men, is able to escape them. He discovers fire and battles enormous beasts. After he is recaptured by the women, he uses fire to drive 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.

Cast

See also

  • One Million B.C., a1940 film with which Prehistoric Women bears various resemblances
  • Prehistoric Women can also somewhat be seen as a spiritual predecessor to the 1967 film of the same name (sometimes known as Slave Girls) starring Martine Beswick, although the two are otherwise unrelated.

References

  1. 1 2 "Inside Stuff = Pictures". Variety. 21 February 1951. p. 15.
  2. ↑ McGee, Mark Thomas; Robertson, R.J. (2013). "You Won't Believe Your Eyes". Bear Manor Media. ISBN 978-1-59393-273-2. Page 254
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