Wild Women (1951)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Norman Dawn

Writer:

Norman Dawn (writer)

Release Date:

23 September 1951 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy

Tagline:

A Smashing Cyclone of Thrills and Adventure!

Plot:

A small safari in Africa is captured by a tribe of white jungle women.

Plot Keywords:

Amazon | Africa | Jungle | Safari | Stock Footage

Cast

Lewis Wilson	...	Trent
Dana Broccoli	...	Queen Bonga Bonga (as Dana Wilson)
Frances Dubay	...	High Priestess
Morton C. Thompson	...	Kirby (as Mort Thompson)
Clarence Brooks	...	Sunga
Zona Siggins	...	Ulama Girl
Charlene Hawks	...	Awoona (as Charleen Hawks)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mary Brandon	...	Ulama Girl
Devvy Davenport	...	Ulama Girl
Mary Lou Miner	...	Ulama Girl
Joyce Nevins	...	Ulama Girl
Don Orlando	...	Count Sparafucile
Barbara Reynolds	...	Ulama Girl
Leah Wakefield	...	Head Conspirator

Also Known As:

Bowanga Bowanga (USA) (new title)
Bowanga, Bowanga: White Sirens of Africa (USA) (reissue title)
White Sirens of Africa (USA) (original script title)

Runtime:

62 min | USA:53 min (re-release)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Norman Dawn Productions

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Bowanga Bowanga: White Sirens of Africa (1951)

* 1/2 (out of 4)

Three hunters go into the jungles of Africa where they are kidnapped by a group of female savages wanting to make them their husbands. Another female tribe hears that there is fresh meat in town so they attack wanting the men for themselves. If you're a fan of bad movies then this one here is pretty bad and certainly bad enough to get a few nice laughs out of it. I'm really not sure what's up with the actual story because it seems to change every few minutes but this is probably because there's so much stock footage the producer's had to use and they just try to wiggle a story around all of it. The movie runs 61-minutes but I'm going to guess that at least half of that running time is nothing more that stock footage. I actually enjoyed this stock footage of various wildlife and that includes one scene with th biggest snake I've ever seen. I'm terrified of snakes so this scene certainly got under my skin. Tigers, chimps and various other forms of animals are also on full display. The movie has a lot of narration through the first portion of the film because this is where most of the stock footage is. The second half gets spoken dialogue and after hearing it you'll be wishing they switched back to the stock footage. The performances are all pretty bad and there's nothing naughty going on except for women in bathing suits. If you look closely you can see tags coming out of the women's outfits, which is rather strange considering we're in the jungles of Africa. A few laughs are to be had including the whole segment with one of the men being "scared" to go with a beautiful blonde, big breasted gal because she wants him for a husband. Most men would be running to the gal. All in all this is a pretty poor movie but thankfully it's silly enough to keep bad movie lovers mildly entertained. Original title: WILD WOMEN.