Women of the Prehistoric Planet (1966)

User Rating:

2.1/10   

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:

Amazon Tribe | Racism | Father Daughter Relationship | Primitive Man | MST3K

Cast

Wendell Corey	...	Adm. David King
Keith Larsen	...	Cmdr. Scott
John Agar	...	Dr. Farrell
Paul Gilbert	...	Lt. Red Bradley
Merry Anders	...	Lt. Karen Lamont
Stuart Margolin	...	Chief
Todd Lasswell	...	Lt. Charles Anderson (as Todd Laswell)
Kam Tong	...	Jung
Ron Stokes	...	Sgt. Allen
Adam Roarke	...	Centaurian
Paul Hampton	...	Harris
Ronald Lyon	...	Wilson (as Ron Lyon)
Sally Frei	...	Centaurian Girl
Suzie Kaye	...	Ens. Stevens
Hans Wedemeyer	...	Jang

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: You know me, I can light up a whole room.
[he laughs nervously]
Lt. Red Bradley: Just by walking out.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Women of the Prehistoric Planet (#2.13)" (1990)

Please, not another mistitled movie!!

Yoy! Shouldn't there be laws against fraudulent movie titles? The movie's title suggests something like "Fire Maidens in Outer Space", with scantily-clad women prancing here and there, doing liturgical dance and generally acting as hunk magnets for the film's beefy, 1950s-era heroes. Alas, such is not the case. What you get instead is something along the line of "Beatniks" (which had none in the movie).

The film's premise dealing with time travel is noble, but the continuous back and forth on how many years have passed since this or that event are confusing. John Agar stars along with Wendell Corey as leaders of a space expedition designed to both explore other worlds and revive the culture of a dying warrior society.

Agar's ship attempts to rescue a sister ship that crash landed on a distant planet. Eighteen years of real time have passed since the crash, or is it 18 years of my life that have been lost watching this movie? Anyhow, Linda, the only woman on this "prehistoric" planet is the one brought there by Corey, whom it turns out is the love child of Corey and a woman from the Centaurian society that he's trying to save. Linda meets up with Tang (breakfast drink or hunter-gatherer, you decide), who is the offspring of two of the crash's survivors.

The movie's ending leaves you groaning under the weight of the true premise of Tang & Linda existence on this planet. This premise comes from a decidedly non-Christian world view. Watch this if you are an MST3K fan; otherwise, skip this primordial soup starter.