Wonder Women (1973)

Director:

Robert Vincent O'Neill

Writers:

Robert Vincent O'Neill (adaptation)
Lou Whitehill (writer)

Release Date:

April 1973 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Kung Fu girls on the rampage..!

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Athlete | Insurance | Lloyds Of London | Island | Transplant

Cast

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

Also Known As:

The Deadly and the Beautiful (Europe: English title)

Runtime:

82 min | Philippines:90 min

Country:

USA | Philippines

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Norway:16 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Metro Manila, Luzon, Philippines

Company:

American National Enterprises

Goofs:

Continuity: Linda first kills one female guard just outside the office where Mr. Harber is being held, and then kills a second female guard to help him escape. On their way out of the same entrance, the dead body of the first female guard has disappeared.

Quotes:

Laura: I think I will take THAT one.
Vera: Hands off bitch! He's mine.
Laura: Tonight only.

Movie Connections:

Edited into Operation: Secret Agents, Spies & Thighs (2007) (V)

Late-night video intrigue

A multi-racial gang of ladies with skimpy clothes, big hair and bigger guns is running amok in Manila - kidnapping athletes and skinny-dippers left, right and centre. When they nick a Jai Alai player, hero Mike Harber (Hagen) is called in. Hooked up with a sidekick jeepney driver (denim-clad Vic Diaz), Harber winds up on the island lair of transplant artiste Dr Tsu (Nancy Kwan). "Her genius and her talent transcends the question of human morality," says her debonair sales manager (Sid Haig) and Tsu's brain transplant techniques and stock of body parts are the key to longevity. With a labload of flashing, bipping and swirling things, brain sex, a high-speed downtown jeepney chase and an army of Filipino warrior gals enthusiastically belting the crap out of people, Wonder Women is a load of fun. And that's before Dr Tsu's mutant test subjects escape their cells! The ending - Harber, a blonde and another all-female hit squad - is a reminder that Ross Hagen was the producer of this manic actioner.