One Million Years B.C. (1966)

Prehistoric man Tumak is banished from his savage tribe and meets pretty Loana who belongs to a gentler coastal tribe but he must fight caveman Payto to win her favors.

Director:

Don Chaffey

Writers:

Michael Carreras (screenplay), Mickell Novack (adapted from an original screenplay by) (as Mickell Novak)

Stars:

Raquel Welch, John Richardson, Percy Herbert

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Raquel Welch	...	Loana
John Richardson	...	Tumak
Percy Herbert	...	Sakana
Robert Brown	...	Akhoba
Martine Beswick	...	Nupondi
Jean Wladon	...	Ahot
Lisa Thomas	...	Sura
Malya Nappi	...	Tohana
Richard James	...	Young Rock Man
William Lyon Brown	...	Payto
Frank Hayden	...	1st Rock Man
Terence Maidment	...	1st Shell Man
Micky De Rauch	...	1st Shell Girl
Yvonne Horner	...	Ullah

Storyline

Caveman Tumak is banished from his savage tribe. He finds a brief home among a group of gentle seacoast dwelling cave people until he is banished from them as well. Missing him, one of their women, Loana leaves with him, deciding to face the harsh prehistoric world with its monsters and volcanos as a couple.

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Plot Keywords:

speaking unknown language | prehistoric times | caveman | dinosaur and man | stone age | 

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Taglines:

Travel back through time and space to the edge of man's beginnings... discover a savage world whose only law was lust!

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Genres:

Adventure | Fantasy

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 February 1967 (USA)

Also Known As:

Un millón de años A.C.

Filming Locations:

Elstree Studios of Associated British Productions Limited, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

£422,816 (estimated)

Gross USA:

$8,000,000, 31 December 1966

Company Credits

Production Co:

Associated British-Pathé,Hammer Films,Seven Arts Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Opening credits: The characters and incidents portrayed and the names used herein are fictitious and any similarity to the names character or history of any person is entirely accidental and unintentional.

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Goofs

Ceratosaurus was extinct when Triceratops existed, and they wouldn't have been in a situation to fight each other. Also, Ceratosaurus was much smaller than depicted in the film. An Allosaurus also appears, which, along with Ceratosaurus, was a Jurassic creature. Triceratops lived many million years later in the Cretaceous.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Narrator: This is a story of long, long ago; when the world was just beginning.

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Crazy Credits

Characters and scenes appearing and names used are imaginary, and every reference to names, characters or facts really happened is purely fictional.

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Connections

Referenced in Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (2011)

User Reviews

B(e)C(ause) of various factors

OK, having seen many movies about the Stone Age, we should know that the men were all buff dudes, and the women were all buxom babes. That's certainly the case here. Obviously, no part of "One Million Years B.C." really makes sense - humans and dinosaurs never existed contemporaneously - but that doesn't matter. The movie was intended as entertainment, and it's very enjoyable. Maybe that's just because we get to see Raquel Welch in a bikini, but the dinosaurs are also pretty cool. The movie makes us nostalgic for the era, even though we never experienced it.

So, it's brain candy to the max, and it doesn't pretend to be anything else. You're sure to like it, if only for the thought of Raquel Welch dressed like that.