Savage! (1973)

Action packed story of how Jim Haygood (James Glehart) young, black and brilliant becomes the legendary leader of a rebel army. In a daring ambush on the beach Moncada, elusive leader of ... See full summary »

Director:

Cirio H. Santiago

Writer:

Ed Medard

Stars:

James Iglehart, Lada Edmund Jr., Carol Speed

Cast

Credited cast:
James Iglehart	...	Savage
Lada Edmund Jr.	...	Vicki
Carol Speed	...	Amanda
Sally Jordan	...	Sylvia
Vic Diaz
Aura Aurea	...	China
Eddie Gutierrez	...	Flores
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ken Metcalfe	...	Melton (as Ken Metcalf)
Donna Lee Miller
Rosanna Ortiz

Storyline

Action packed story of how Jim Haygood (James Glehart) young, black and brilliant becomes the legendary leader of a rebel army. In a daring ambush on the beach Moncada, elusive leader of the rebel army, is captured by Jim Haygood and turned over to the authorities. That night, Jim celebrates his success in a nightclub, where he meets two glamorous young girl entertainers, Amanda of the High Wire (Carol Speed) and Vicky the Knife-Thrower (Lada Edmund Jr.). A reporter bursts in with the news that Moncada is dead, accusing Jim of the cold-blooded murder of the rebel leader. Jim gets in a fight with his superiors over this and knocks out his commanding officer. Jim is put under arrest but pulls off a clever escape when he is being transported to the military prison. He hides out in Amanda and Vicky's dressing-room. During a raid by the military police, Vicky is caught and interned but Jim commandeers an army jeep and escapes into the mountains with Amanda. Jim and Amanda are then taken ...

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Plot Keywords:

rebel | prisoner | grindhouse | jungle | gang rape | 

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Taglines:

He's the baddest dude with the biggest gun.

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Genres:

Action | Drama

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

Philippines USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

May 1973 (USA)

Also Known As:

Black Valor

Filming Locations:

Philippines

Company Credits

Production Co:

New World Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

81 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Machete Maidens Unleashed! (2010)

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Soundtracks

"It's a Sad Song"
Written by Don Julian and Arthur Wright
Performed by Don Julian

User Reviews

This is a pretty poor movie, and awfully hokey too!

To start, I only watched "Savage!" for one particular reason; because I am a BIG fan of Lada Edmund Jr. If I was not a fan of Lada's, there would truly be no real reason for me to sit and watch such a terrible movie. The acting is horrific, and the dialogue does not even come close to being believable. I might love Lada, but she doesn't deserve any serious Oscar consideration. I know that there are also a lot of people out there that love Carol Speed; well, she's not any good either in this, in terms of acting ability and skill. But regardless of the terrible acting and poor dialogue, the worst thing about "Savage!" is the repetition of far too many ridiculous scenes with guns! It is just unreal for anyone to take these scenes seriously! It's as if the director grabbed a handful of B-movie actors and a large amount minority bystanders from the street, dumped a thousand guns on top of them, and shouted "Run!". Within a matter of seconds, Lada Edmund Jr. and Carol Speed go from cheesy night-club dancers to machine-gun toting guerrilla women! If you watch "Savage!", at some point in the middle of it you'll find yourself asking, "Whoa, did I just miss about 15 minutes here?".

Lastly, I shall mention that there is one nice bonus to "Savage!". You do get a scene of Lada and Carol swimming without their tops on. The ONLY reason for this scene to be in this movie was to show boobs! It has NOTHING to do with anything else in the movie. This is so blatantly obvious, that it hurts. But if you think Lada is cute, and you've always wondered what "The Girl in the Cage" looked like beneath her shirt, then you won't be disappointed by the topless scene in "Savage!". Like I said before, I LOVE LADA EDMUND JR.!!