Wonder Women (1973)

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

Director:

Robert Vincent O'Neill (as Robert O'Neil)

Writers:

Lou Whitehill (screenplay), Robert Vincent O'Neill (adaptation) (as Robert O'Neil)

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:

sexually frustrated female | topless woman | female nudity | woman rapes a man | jai alai | 

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Taglines:

The Most Lethal Kung Fu Team on Earth!

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Genres:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

Philippines USA

Language:

English Tagalog

Release Date:

April 1973 (USA)

Also Known As:

As Super-Mulheres

Filming Locations:

Hollywood, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$110,000 (estimated)

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?

Trivia

Only Maria De Aragon had to be flown in to be in this film. All the other female cast members were already in the Philippines doing other movies.

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Goofs

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.

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Quotes

Mike Harber: Lady, aren't you a little tired of playing God?

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Connections

Featured in 42nd Street Forever! Volume 1: Horror on 42nd Street (2004)

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Soundtracks

Wonder Women
By Charles May
Vocal by Annette Thomas

User Reviews

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.