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Overview

User Rating:
5.7/10   392 votes
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Writers:
Mickell Novack (original screenplay) &
George Baker (original screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
5 April 1940 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | Fantasy | Romance | Sci-Fi more
Tagline:
UNBELIEVABLE! The World at the Dawn of Time! more
Plot:
Tumak, member of the prehistoric Rock tribe, is exiled and makes his way to the more peaceful Shell tribe... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. more
User Reviews:
Romance and Danger - Tenderness and Brutality more (23 total)

Cast

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Victor Mature ... Tumak
Carole Landis ... Loana

Lon Chaney Jr. ... Akhoba
Conrad Nagel ... Narrating Archaeologist
John Hubbard ... Ohtao
Nigel De Brulier ... Peytow
Mamo Clark ... Nupondi
Inez Palange ... Tohana
Edgar Edwards ... Skakana
Jacqueline Dalya ... Ataf
Mary Gale Fisher ... Wandi
Norman Budd ... Rock Person
Harry Wilson ... Rock Person
John Northpole ... Rock Person
Lorraine Rivero ... Rock Person
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Battle of the Giants
Cave Man (USA) (reissue title)
Man and His Mate (UK)
The Cave Dwellers
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Runtime:
80 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #6079) | USA:TV-PG (TV rating) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15
Filming Locations:
Iverson Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA more
Company:
Hal Roach Studios more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In order to get the lizards to move, heaters had to be turned on full blast because reptiles don't move in cold weather. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Aventura al centro de la tierra (1965) more

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Romance and Danger - Tenderness and Brutality, 21 November 1998
8/10
Author: gaffer-5 from USA

Dinosaurs chase people, people chase people, lava chases people and dinosaurs. If you like movies of the 1940's this should keep you interested. It is fun, and if you get into it, rather exciting.

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