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     One Million B. C.

1939  NR  SCIENCE FICTION  1h 20min

CAST— Victor Mature, Carole Landis, Lon Chaney, Jr., John Hubbard, Mamo Clark, Jean Porter

MUSIC— Werner R. Heymann  DIRECTORS— Hal Roach, Hal Roach, Jr.

     Another tale of boy-meets-girl. Boy-loses-girl. Boy-finds-girl-being-attacked-by-giant-iguana. We’ve heard it all before. In this ludicrous prehistoric adventure Victor Mature plays a native of the savage Rock People who is cast out of his clan. He finds his way to the gentle Shell People, who accept him as one of their own. He eventually kidnaps shell-girl Carole Landis and off they head back to the Rock People, facing dangers unknown, and so on, and so on… You get the point. This culture clash of the stone age features many a super-imposed, larger than life-sized reptile (and a horned armadillo for good measure) but lacks the panache of, say, The Flintstones. Not much story, certainly no dialogue (apart from obligatory grunting), but the viewer may still be entertained by sheer silliness. AKA Cave Man, Man and His Mate, Tumak.

OUR RATING— * ½

REMADE AS— One Million Years B. C. (1966)