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Prehistoric Women (Slave Girls)
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Prehistoric Women is a 1967 adventure film. Also known as Slave Girls, the film starred Martine Beswick
, Michael Latimer and Steven Berkoff
.
, and take him to their leader's temple. He is about to be killed for his trespassing when a flash of lightning opens a giant crack in the cave wall.
Latimer escapes into a lush paradise, and encounters a fair-haired beauty called Saria, played by Edina Ronay
. She is a member of a tribe of blonde women who are enslaved by their cruel mistresses, dark-haired warriors led by the beautiful Queen Kari (Beswick). The Queen chooses Latimer as her mate, but he is appalled by her cruelty and spurns her advances.
, and was most widely seen in a heavily truncated 77 minute version, sometimes under the title 'Slave Girls' . One of the most bizarre films ever released by Hammer
, it was produced using sets and costumes left over from the film One Million Years B.C.
(1966), which had starred Raquel Welch
and featured Martine Beswick. Further films by Hammer which traded heavily on the appeal of scantily clad cave girls were When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
(1970) and Creatures the World Forgot
(1971).
Martine Beswick
Martine Beswick is an English actress and model, best known for her roles in two James Bond films.-Biography:Beswick was born on 26 September 1941 in Port Antonio, Jamaica to English parents....
, Michael Latimer and Steven Berkoff
Steven Berkoff
Steven Berkoff is an English actor, writer and director. Best known for his performance as General Orlov in the James Bond film Octopussy, he is typically cast in villanous roles, such as Lt...
.
Synopsis
David Marchant (Latimer) is pursuing a leopard on an African safari when he is captured by a primitive tribe. They accuse him of disturbing the spirit of the white rhinocerosRhinoceros
Rhinoceros , also known as rhino, is a group of five extant species of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae. Two of these species are native to Africa and three to southern Asia....
, and take him to their leader's temple. He is about to be killed for his trespassing when a flash of lightning opens a giant crack in the cave wall.
Latimer escapes into a lush paradise, and encounters a fair-haired beauty called Saria, played by Edina Ronay
Edina Ronay
Edina Ronay FRSA is an Anglo-Hungarian fashion designer and former actress, the daughter of food critic Egon Ronay and mother of actress/writer Shebah Ronay....
. She is a member of a tribe of blonde women who are enslaved by their cruel mistresses, dark-haired warriors led by the beautiful Queen Kari (Beswick). The Queen chooses Latimer as her mate, but he is appalled by her cruelty and spurns her advances.
Background
The film was a remake of the 1950 American film Prehistoric WomenPrehistoric Women
Prehistoric Women is a 1950 science fiction adventure film, written and directed by Gregg C. Tallas and starring Laurette Luez and Allan Nixon. It also features Joan Shawlee, Judy Landon, and Mara Lynn. Released by Alliance Productions, this independent film was also titled The Virgin Goddess...
, and was most widely seen in a heavily truncated 77 minute version, sometimes under the title 'Slave Girls' . One of the most bizarre films ever released by Hammer
Hammer Film Productions
Hammer Film Productions is a film production company based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1934, the company is best known for a series of Gothic "Hammer Horror" films made from the mid-1950s until the 1970s. Hammer also produced science fiction, thrillers, film noir and comedies and in later...
, it was produced using sets and costumes left over from the film One Million Years B.C.
One Million Years B.C.
One Million Years B.C. is a 1966 British adventure/fantasy film starring Raquel Welch, set - loosely - in the time of cavemen. The film was made by Hammer Film Productions, and was a remake of the 1940 Hollywood film One Million B.C., and it recreates many of the scenes of that film...
(1966), which had starred Raquel Welch
Raquel Welch
Jo Raquel Tejada , better known as Raquel Welch, is an American actress, author and sex symbol. Welch came to attention as a "new-star" on the 20th Century-Fox lot in the mid-1960s. She posed iconically in a animal skin bikini for the British-release One Million Years B.C. , for which she may be...
and featured Martine Beswick. Further films by Hammer which traded heavily on the appeal of scantily clad cave girls were When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth is a 1970 movie starring Victoria Vetri, set in the time of cavemen. The film was made by Britain's Hammer Films....
(1970) and Creatures the World Forgot
Creatures the World Forgot
Creatures the World Forgot is a 1971 Adventure film directed by Don Chaffey and produced and written for Hammer Films by Michael Carreras. The film concentrates on the daily struggle to survive of a tribe of Stone Age men...
(1971).