The Tiger Woman (1944)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Directors:

Spencer Gordon Bennet
Wallace Grissell

Writers:

Royal K. Cole (original screenplay) and
Ronald Davidson (original screenplay) ...

Release Date:

27 May 1944 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Thriller

Tagline:

BARBARIC THRILLS! Primitive pulse-pounding excitement! Savage combat with native warriors! Hair-raising encounters with man-eating beasts!

Plot:

Greedy oil speculators, led by Morgan, are trying to force Tiger Woman and her band of warriors from their jungle home...

Plot Keywords:

Jungle | Fire Extinguisher | Lost City | Action Heroine | Heiress

Cast

Allan Lane	...	Allen Saunders
Linda Stirling	...	Tiger Woman / Rita Arnold
Duncan Renaldo	...	José Delgado
George J. Lewis	...	Morgan
LeRoy Mason	...	Fletcher Walton
Crane Whitley	...	Tom Dagget
Robert Frazer	...	Ramgah, High Priest
Rico De Montez	...	Tegula
Stanley Price	...	Mack, Dagget's Clerk
Nolan Leary	...	Captain Scott [Ch. 9]
Kenne Duncan	...	Henchman Gentry [Chs. 7, 11]
Tom Steele	...	Tunnel Thug [Chs. 3-4] / Road Block Thug [Ch. 7] / Ambusher [Ch. 12]
Duke Green	...	Steward-Thug [Ch. 1] / Motor Boat Thug [Chs. 4-5] / Truck Driver [Chs. 6-8] / Shack Heavy [Ch. 10] / Ambusher [Ch. 12] (as Duke Greene)
Eddie Parker	...	Henchman Blair [Ch. 1] / Office Thug [Ch. 3] / Depot Thug [Chs. 4-5 - 9] / Trooper [Ch. 7-8] / Travis - Thug [Ch. 10] / Oil Truck Thug [Ch. 11]
Ken Terrell	...	Bolton, Thug [Ch. 1] / Depot Thug [Ch. 4, 9] / Oil Truck Driver [Ch. 11]

Also Known As:

Perils of the Darkest Jungle (USA) (reissue title)
The Tiger Woman of the Amazon (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

196 min (12 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Approved | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Finland:(Banned)

Filming Locations:

Lake Elsinore, California, USA

Company:

Republic Pictures

Movie Connections:

Edited into Jungle Gold (1966) (TV)

A "wonder Woman"

What a pleasure to see such a beautiful hero. I am a serial buff and always look forward to seeing Linda, along with the blond version of Jean Rogers (Flash Gordon serials.)I was sorry to learn of her passing since I would loved to send her a fan letter after all these years of her movie making. I am not kid and generally would not think of sending out fan letters. As a writer, I believe her story would make an interesting book. In retrospect, we don't have many around who can play her with the attractiveness and agility of her part as the "Tiger woman". The only place I see that these days is on the TV series from New Zealand, Conan Doyle's The Lost World.I understand she got into the business without experience and from a career as a model. This is an action packed serial, with a body count as high as you can find in any serial. It has the traditional fight scenes with a multitude of break-away chairs and cliff hanger endings. Why don't the theaters play these "chapters" on Saturday Matinees any more? I think that is where all of the movie buffs discovered the magic of film.