Women of the Prehistoric Planet (1966)

Director:

Arthur C. Pierce

Writer:

Arthur C. Pierce (writer)

Release Date:

15 April 1966 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Action | Adventure | Romance

Tagline:

It's the battle of the sexes as savage planet women attack female space invaders!

Plot:

A spaceship crashes upon an unexplored planet, and the rescuers sent to search for survivors discover that decades have passed due to time dilation.

Plot Keywords:

MST3K | Amazon Tribe | Father Daughter Relationship | Interracial Relationship | Beautiful Woman

Cast

Wendell Corey	...	Adm. David King
Keith Larsen	...	Cmdr. Scott
John Agar	...	Dr. Farrell
Paul Gilbert	...	Lt. Red Bradley
Merry Anders	...	Lt. Karen Lamont
Irene Tsu	...	Linda
Robert Ito	...	Tang (as Roberto Ito)
Stuart Margolin	...	Chief
Todd Lasswell	...	Lt. Charles Anderson, Tang's Father (as Todd Laswell)
Kam Tong	...	Jung
Ron Stokes	...	Sgt. Allen
Adam Roarke	...	Harris
Paul Hampton	...	Wilson
Ronald Lyon	...	Sgt. Nevins (as Ron Lyon)
Sally Frei	...	Sally
Suzie Kaye	...	Ens. Stevens
Hans Wedemeyer	...	Jang
Glenn Langan	...	Capt. Ross
Anthony Lee	...	Navigation Officer (as Lee Anthony)
Joyce Carol	...	Centaurian Girl on Ship
Jamie McRae	...	Sgt. Long (as Jamie Mc Rae)
Joanne Miya	...	Zenda, Tang's Mother
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gavin MacLeod	...	Radio Operator (uncredited)
Lyle Waggoner	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Arthur C. Pierce

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Arthur C. Pierce		writer

Produced by
Jack Broder	....	executive producer
Madelynn Broder	....	executive producer
George Edwards	....	producer

Cinematography by
Archie R. Dalzell		(as Archie Dalzell)

Film Editing by
George White

Art Direction by
Paul Sylos

Set Decoration by
Harry Reif

Costume Design by
Frank Tauss

Makeup Department
Ted Coodley	....	makeup artist
Myrl Stoltz	....	hair stylist (as Merle Stoltz)

Production Management
Jack Voglin	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Richard Dixon	....	assistant director

Art Department
Ted Cooper	....	property master

Sound Department
Larry Gannon	....	sound mixer
Del Harris	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Joe Zomar	....	special effects (as Joseph Zomar)

Casting Department
Marvin Paige	....	casting consultant

Editorial Department
George White	....	supervising editor

Music Department
Igo Kantor	....	music editor
Del White	....	music editor
Gordon Zahler	....	musical director
Hans J. Salter	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
Leith Stevens	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)

Other crew
Stanley Olsen	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Standard Club of California Productions Inc.

Distributors

• Realart Pictures (1966) (USA) (theatrical)
• Peerless Films (1967) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Paragon Video Productions (1985) (USA) (VHS)
• Rhino Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Punto Zero (2007) (Italy) (DVD)
• Englewood Entertainment (video)

Special Effects

• Howard A. Anderson Company (special photographic effects)

Other Companies

• Master Film Editors of Hollywood Inc.  post-production supervision
• Realart Pictures  releasing authority
• Ryder Sound Services  sound system

Also Known As:

Prehistoric Planet Women

Runtime:

90 min | West Germany:88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:12

Company:

Standard Club of California Productions Inc.

Trivia:

The original script by Arthur C. Pierce was called simply "The Prehistoric Planet", but producer Jack Broder later added "Women of..." to the title for marketing purposes. To justify this title change, brief scenes were filmed of three actresses in native garb, prancing and swimming semi-nude in the pond and waterfall on the planet. These scenes were only used in foreign release prints, but are visible briefly in the US trailer for the film.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Rocks and stones squash underfoot and wobble.

Quotes:

Lt. Red Bradley: Hi-keeba!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Svengoolie: Women of the Prehistoric Planet" (1996)

How could anyone not love this?

The chance to comment on this film(?) finally made me register.

I saw this late at night and watched with delight, wondering just how bad it could get. That was thirty years ago, so if you're looking for accurate scene descriptions and dialogue quotes, don't expect them here. But here's my hazy, loving memories.

1. Wendell Corey, playing the captain of the space ship, half plastered and obviously paying off a bet with a one afternoon performance, standing in front of a blank wall with a porthole in it while someone on the other side waves a sparkler.

Corey: "Looksh like another meteor shtorm..."

2. The spaceship crashing in the swamp... The miniature they used must hve been about the size of a pencil stub, since it went "bloop" and tossed up one single drop of water which on that scale would have been considerably bigger than a bungalow.

3. The prehistoric woman herself, a dark, hirsute beauty, wearing a bearskin teddy and looking hopefully at the director for direction after each line of dialogue.

4. One set, obviously built while they still had twenty seven dollars to burn, that consisted of a cave full of giant toadstools and human skeletons. After sneaking around outside for what seems to be several days, a patrol from the spaceship enters.

The patrol leader's perplexed comment: "There's something suspicious about this place..."

That's where I lost it completely and rolled around on the floor.

Well, you had to be there.