Rio 70 (1969)
"Die sieben Männer der Sumuru" (original title)

Sumuru, the beautiful leader of the all-female kingdom of Femina, plans to use her women to take over the world.

Director:

Jesús Franco

Writers:

Sax Rohmer (characters), Harry Alan Towers,

Stars:

Shirley Eaton, Richard Wyler, George Sanders

Cast

Credited cast:
Shirley Eaton	...	Sumuru
Richard Wyler	...	Jeff Sutton
George Sanders	...	Sir Masius
Maria Rohm	...	Leslye
Herbert Fleischmann	...	Carl
Marta Reves	...	Ulla Rossini (as Martha Reves)
Elisa Montés	...	Irene (as Eliza Montes)
Walter Rilla	...	Ennio Rossini
Beni Cardoso	...	Yana Yuma (as Beny Cardoso)
Valentina Godoy	...	Amazon
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Geraldo José Torres Camargo
Maria de Lourdes
Yuma Duarte
Cornélio dos Santos Farias
Alberto Land

Storyline

Jeff Sutton arrives in Rio de Janeiro with a suitcase with 10 million dollars, and the powerful mobster Sir Masius sends his henchman Carl with his gangsters to follow Jeff and get the money. Jeff has one affair with the manicure Leslye and succeeds to escape from Sir Masius' mobsters. Meanwhile, Sumuru, the leader of the women of the City of Femina that wants to defeat the men and take over the world, captures Jeff and brings him to Femina expecting to get the money. Sumuru has several prisoners locked in glass cages, including Ulla Rossini, who knows Jeff Sutton. Jeff discloses to Ulla that his arrival is part of a plan to save her from Sumuru. Jeff Sutton becomes a pawn in the middle of the war between Masius and Sumuru.

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Plot Keywords:

bare breasts | femme fatale | female female kiss | summary execution | dead women in uniform | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

West Germany Spain USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 March 1972 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Future Woman

Filming Locations:

Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Box Office

Gross:

ESP 8,159,021 (Spain)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ada Films, Terra-Filmkunst, Udastex Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

DIRECTOR CAMEO [Jesús Franco]: Guitar Player.

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Goofs

During the main battle, as the invading helicopters are shooting at the female army from the sky, you can see several instances of the same, exact scenes of some women dropping dead multiple times, only from different angles throughout the entire battle.

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Quotes

Sumuru: [after the execution of one of her soldiers] My army is trained to kill efficiently.
Jeff Sutton: Themselves?
Sumuru: If one of my girls isn't perfect, she must die.

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Connections

Follows The Million Eyes of Su-Muru (1967)

User Reviews

Disappointingly tame film.

There are certain scenes in this film (like the hero's first meeting with super-villainess Shirley Eaton) where it seems to be on the edge of breaking sexual taboos and doing its premise (females want to rule the world by making men slaves) justice, but it never dares to. The result is a film with no sexuality and some tame violence. Despite the choppy plot, the film is not overly bad until its climax, where its amateurishness runs rampant (terrible editing, overuse of stock footage). Worth seeing only as a curio. (*1/2)