Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1968)

Director:

Peter Bogdanovich

Writer:

Henry Ney (writer)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Plot:

Astronauts landing on Venus encounter dangerous exotic creatures and almost meet some sexy Venusian women who like to sunbathe in hip-hugging skin-tight pants and seashell bras.

Plot Keywords:

Venus | Astronaut | Rocket | Robot | Space Station

Cast

Mamie Van Doren	...	Moana
Mary Marr	...	Verba
Paige Lee	...	Twyla
Gennadi Vernov	...	Astronaut Andre Freneau (archive footage) (as Aldo Romani)
Margot Hartman	...	Mayaway
Irene Orton	...	Meriama
Pam Helton	...	Wearie
Frankie Smith	...	Woman of Venus
Georgi Tejkh	...	Capt. Alfred Kern (archive footage) (as James David)
Judy Cowart	...	Woman of Venus
Vladimir Yemelyanov	...	Cmdr. William 'Billy' Lockhart (archive footage) (as Roberto Martelli)
Robin Smith	...	Woman of Venus
Cathie Reimer	...	Woman of Venus
Yuri Sarantsev	...	Astronaut Howard Sherman (archive footage) (as Ralph Phillips)
Georgi Zhzhyonov	...	Astronaut Hans Walters (archive footage) (as Murray Gerard)

Also Known As:

The Gill Women
The Gill Women of Venus

Runtime:

78 min | USA:85 min (DVD)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Pathécolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-Y7 | USA:Unrated (DVD)

Company:

Filmgroup, The

Trivia:

The "Prehistoric Women" do not appear in the original Russian film from which this was made.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The "U.S." rocket-ships journeying to Venus bear the red star of the USSR.

Quotes:

Narrator: Venus... Venus... the planet named after the Goddess of Love. This is... where I left her... 26 million miles away. Because I know she exists. I know she does! I know it! All the time we were there I heard her. Her and that sweet, haunting sound she makes, like the Sirens that tempted Ulysses...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Star Dreamer (2002)

Near the bottom of my list.

There's not too much going for this movie. It has a poor plot and poor acting. At the start of the movie, the special effects seem promising but even this quickly disappears and reverts to much lower standards. It seemed to me that the film is far behind the quality of special effects available in 1968. It seemed to be several years behind the times. The actual quality of the film is even poor. The so called prehistoric women did not in the least look prehistoric. To me they just looked very strange. I didn't find this movie to be very interesting and would go as far as calling it boring. I've seen a lot worse but this film is definitely near the bottom of my list and is one that I would not recommend.