Wonder Women (1973)

An insurance investigator battles Dr. Tsu and her sexy all-girl army.

Director:

Robert Vincent O'Neill

Writers:

Robert Vincent O'Neill (adaptation), Lou Whitehill

Stars:

Nancy Kwan, Ross Hagen, Maria De Aragon

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nancy Kwan	...	Dr. Tsu
Ross Hagen	...	Mike Harber
Maria De Aragon	...	Linda
Roberta Collins	...	Laura
Tony Lorea	...	Paulson / Lorenzo
Sid Haig	...	Gregorious
Vic Diaz	...	Lapu-Lapu (as Vic Dias)
Claire Polan	...	Vera (as Claire Hagen)
Shirley Washington	...	Maggie
Gail Hansen	...	Gail
Eleanor Siron	...	Mei-Ling
Bruno Punzalan	...	Nono the Fisherman
Joonee Gamboa	...	Won Ton Charlie
Rick Revere	...	Paulson's attendant
Rudy DeJesus	...	The Boy

Storyline

Dr. Tsu is a brilliant surgeon with her own exotic island off the coast of Manila. Using her sexy, all-girl army of martial-arts experts, Tsu kidnaps some of the world's greatest athletes. She is able to transplant any body part, so she uses the athletes for spare parts to sell to the world's richest men. Mike Harber is a womanizing, wise-cracking insurance investigator for Lloyd's of London sent to Manila to investigate the disappearance of a jai-alai player, and becomes involved with Dr. Tsu's mad mission.

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Plot Keywords:

insurance | athlete | lloyds of london | transplant | island | 

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Taglines:

Kung Fu girls on the rampage..!

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Genres:

Action | Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA Philippines

Language:

English

Release Date:

April 1973 (USA)

Also Known As:

As Super-Mulheres

Filming Locations:

Metro Manila, Luzon, Philippines

Company Credits

Production Co:

American National Enterprises, General Film Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Mike Harber first starts to chase Linda after she tried to kill him, he takes a tumble down the hotel stairs, but it is obviously his stunt double making the fall.

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Quotes

Mike Harber: You know, that's what I like about you baby, you're unpredictable.
Linda: I am predictable about one thing... I never miss.

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Connections

Featured in 42nd Street Forever, Volume 5: The Alamo Drafthouse Edition (2009)

User Reviews

Insane mix of Doll Squad and Dr Moreau!

American insurance agent Mike Harber (Ross Hagen) is hot on the trail of missing athletes and musicians, and finds the answer in the Phillipine jungle lair of the cold but brilliant Dr Su (Nancy Kwan). With her squad of multi-racial superchicks, she sells the body parts to aging millionaires, but all hell breaks loose when her failed mutation experiments escape from the dungeons. Whacko Filipino actioner is more over-the- top than most of its breed, an insane mix of Doll Squad and Island Of Dr Moreau, which opens with a cheesy montage of the five superchicks in action, complete with big afros and fur bikinis. All your favourite Filipino comedy-relief regulars are here - chubby Vic Diaz plays the cycle-cab driver, and Sid Haig (with hair!) is Dr Su's accountant. Hagen was also producer, and in recent years appeared in Fred Olen Ray films with his other skidrow contemporaries. Once-popular Chinese-American actress Kwan had faded into obscurity by the late 60s, and was last seen on Australian TV advertising pearl cream.