Prehistoric Women (1967 film)
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| Directed by | Michael Carreras |
| Produced by | Michael Carreras |
| Written by | Michael Carreras |
| Starring |
Martine Beswick Michael Latimer Carol White Steven Berkoff |
| Music by | Carlo Martelli |
| Cinematography | Michael Reed |
| Edited by | Roy Hyde |
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Warner-Pathé Distributors (UK) 20th Century Fox (US) |
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7 July 1967 (UK) 25 January 1967 (US) |
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Running time
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95 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | ₤140,000 |
Prehistoric Women (originally released as Slave Girls in the UK) is a 1967 British Fantasy Adventure film and remake of the 1950 cult film of the same name in DeLuxe Color and CinemaScope. The film stars Martine Beswick as the main antagonist and stage actor Michael Latimer. Steven Berkoff features in a small role at the end.
David Marchant (Michael Latimer), a British explorer, along with Colonel Hammond (Robert Raglan) and a guide are pursuing a leopard on an African safari. The Colonel takes aim but misses and only wounds the animal. With the guide warning that it will soon be dark, David decides to find the beast and put it out of its misery before following the party back to camp.
Walking some way, he passes various trees with a picture of a white rhino but ignores them. Finally, the weakened leopard attacks him and he shoots it dead, whereupon David is ambushed and captured by a primitive tribe. They accuse him of disturbing the spirit of the white rhinoceros, and take him to their leader's temple. As the high priest/leader makes his decision, David notices a large, ancient stone statue of a white rhino and realizes this is what the tribe worship. Interested, David reaches out to touch it. Just as he is about to be killed for his trespassing and disturbing the spirits, David touches the statue and there is flash of lightning that opens a giant crack in the cave wall.
Wasting no time, Marchant makes his escape and finds himself in a lush paradise jungle within a large valley. He hears a noise, and a terrified fair-haired beauty, Saria (Edina Ronay), tumbles out of the bush. David tries to help her but the woman bites him and runs off. Following her, David tackles her to the ground, but they are both attacked by dark-haired women. David is escorted with them to their village while the fair woman is bound and taken with them. As they reach the outskirts, David is astounded to discover another white rhino statue, only it looks less ancient and possibly even newer.
Entering the settlement, David finds that the fair-haired women serve the dark haired women, who themselves are ruled by the beautiful, dark-haired Queen Kari (Martine Beswick), who immediately takes an interest in David and chooses him as her mate, but he is appalled by her cruelty and spurns her advances.
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