Jungle Woman (1944)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Reginald Le Borg

Writers:

Henry Sucher (story)
Bernard Schubert (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

1 June 1944 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

SUITABLE ONLY FOR ADULTS (1944 Australian poster)

Plot:

Paula the ape woman (Acquanetta) is alive and well, and running around a creepy old sanitarium run by the kindly Dr...

Plot Keywords:

Gorilla | Homicide | Simian Fiction | Sequel | Retard

Cast

Evelyn Ankers	...	Beth Mason
J. Carrol Naish	...	Dr. Carl Fletcher
Samuel S. Hinds	...	Coroner
Lois Collier	...	Joan Fletcher
Milburn Stone	...	Fred Mason
Douglass Dumbrille	...	District Attorney
Acquanetta	...	Paula DuPree
Richard David	...	Bob Whitney (as Richard Davis)
Nana Bryant	...	Miss Gray, the Nurse
Pierre Watkin	...	Dr. Meredith
Christian Rub	...	George, the Groundsman
Alec Craig	...	Caretaker
Eddie Hyans	...	Willie (as Edward M. Hyans, Jr.)
Tom Keene	...	Joe, Fingerprint Man (as Richard Powers)

Runtime:

61 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved

Company:

Universal Pictures

Quotes:

[first lines]
Coroner: Dr. Fletcher, as long as you have elected to take the stand at this inquest, I again urge you to give us more information regarding the circumstances surrounding the death of the deceased. You are being of no help to us by your continued silence.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in 1st Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review (1997) (TV)

Trilogy

Jungle Woman (1944)

* (out of 4)

Sloppy sequel to Wild Captive Woman opens up with twenty minutes worth of footage from the previous film!!!! Another doctor (J. Carrol Naish) tries experiments on Paula (Acquanetta), which turns her into a half ape/half woman. This is an incredibly bad film hampered big time by all the stock footage from the previous film, which also contains footage from another movie so we've basically got three movies going on here. The performances by all are pretty bad and once again Acquanetta is as dull as who knows what. Lazy on all accounts, although things pick up towards the end.

Captive Wild Woman (1943)

** (out of 4)

Lifeless Universal horror film has an animal trainer bring back a large ape from Africa only to have a mad scientist (John Carradine kidnap it. The scientist then turns the ape into a beautiful woman (Acquanetta) who gest jealous of the trainer's girlfriend (Evelyn Ankers) and soon turns into a part ape/part woman creature. This was a very slow going film and it doesn't help matters that half the footage is recycled from 1933's The Big Show. Carradine is pretty dull in his role and the monster isn't interesting. Even at 61-minutes this thing seems long.

Jungle Captive (1944)

* (out of 4)

Third and final film in Universal's "Paula, the Ape Woman" series. Another stupid scientist (Otto Kruger) steals the body of Paula (now played by Vicky Lane), brings her back to life only to learn that she's a killer. Slow, boring and just downright stupid film is slightly better than the previous one but that's like saying it's better to get shot ten times instead of eleven. With these three Paula movies and She Wolf of London it's rather obvious Universal did better by turning men into monsters.