Queen of the Amazons (1947)

Director:

Edward Finney

Writer:

Roger Merton (writer)

Release Date:

15 January 1947 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

White Goddess of the Dark Jungle... She offered ECSTASY and DEATH!

Plot:

A woman's husband has disappeared on an expedition into the jungle. She hires a guide to take her into the jungle to find him. However, they discover that he has been captured by a savage female tribe.

Plot Keywords:

Amazon Tribe | Crow | Amazon | Jungle | Safari

Cast

Robert Lowery	...	Gary Lambert
Patricia Morison	...	Jean Preston
J. Edward Bromberg	...	Gabby
John Miljan	...	Narrator / Colonel Jones
Amira Moustafa	...	Zita, the Amazon Queen
Keith Richards	...	Wayne Monroe
Bruce Edwards	...	Greg Jones
Wilson Benge	...	Professor
Jack George	...	Commissioner
Cay Forrester	...	Sugi (as Cay Forester)
Vida Aldana	...	Tondra
Hassan Khayyam	...	Moya (as Hassam Kayyam)

Runtime:

61 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Unrated (2005 DVD release) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved

Company:

Screen Guild Productions

Quotes:

Zita, the Amazon Queen: Why are you attempting to enter my territory? Everyone in the jungle knows strangers are not welcome here.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Planet X: (#2.1)" (2006)

Queen of the Amazons and Stock Footage

Jean Preston travels with her intended father-in-law, friend Wayne Monroe, and a milquetoast professor to the Middle East to find her fiancé who disappeared when his safari was attacked. Jean's movements are shadowed which leads to the death of a native who knows where and what purpose the safari was to meet. She learns he was last seen at a point in Africa and plans to trek into the jungle with guide Gary Lambert (who resents traveling with a woman in the jungle) and a cook Gabby. Lambert also takes the journey since the safari was searching for ivory poachers and after being attacked, Wayne is mysteriously killed, and the safari is led off course on occasions,and Jean later begins to suspect someone into the troupe is sabotaging the traveler's efforts. Eventually the safari makes its way to the village where Greg (Jean's fiancé) is, which is an all white woman group, the only survivors of a shipwreck, and Greg and Zita, chief of the Amazonian tribe, have fallen in love. Will Jean be able to cope, as well as survive, with the safari attacks by a hostile group of natives led by the mysterious leader? The movie started off well with nice mysterious angles to the story, but after the 12 minute mark, it turned into every minute of new footage is three of stock footage, which rarely matched what was being filmed and served no purpose but to pad the film (and unintentionally bore the audience). The script was predictable, the mystery villain was sure simple to figure, acting wooden, and has an ending to make anyone groan. Rating, based on B movies, 2.