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Prehistoric Women

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Prehistoric Women
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1hr 14min
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1950
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Alpha Video
Synopsis: Partially filmed at Whittier, CA, and at Hollywood's General Service Studio, this low-budget exploitation melodrama features Laurette Luez as Tigri, the head of a tribe of Amazonian women charged by an elder (Janette Scott) to find and capture husbands by the next full moon. Tigri finds and captures Engor (Allan Nixon), but a rival, Arva (Mara Lynn), also claims the handsome cave-dwelling tribesman. Tigri, however, manages to hold on to her man, but Engor gets the upper hand after accidentally discovering ... Full Synopsis
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Already high camp when it premiered in March of 1950, Prehistoric Women is even more so today. An absolutely ludicrous film that makes Hal Roach's One Million B.C. (1940) and its remake look like cinéma vérité, this little blunder may be enjoyed by anyone who likes to watch scantily clad starlets run about grunting. That the girls are Max Factored to the nth degree only adds to the general fun. Fire, ... Full Review
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