Thursday, March 21, 2019

REVENGE OF THE VIRGINS 1959 (FILM DETECTIVE)

An odd western to say the least.

I'd heard of this but never had a chance to view it until the other day. Ed Wood gets credit for writing the story under the name Pete La Roche and if it's true then so be it.

A small group of people including actor Henry Darrow as Wade Conner, set out looking for gold at a place called "Gold Creek" which also happens to be in Indian territory.

On the journey they are spied upon by topless Indian women and soon find their little group joined by two deserters from the Cavalry. One of these deserters is played by none other than Del Monroe who went on to play Kowalski on "Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea" for all four years of it's run.

The lovely Indian women kill off members of the party one at a time. You rarely see the women in the same scenes with the other actors, and there are many day for night shots, which is not uncommon for low budget films.

I hate to admit it, but I liked this film because it is unlike anything I have seen in a very long time, if ever. Henry Darrow is an actor most people will remember from "High Chaparral" and seeing him in this was quite a shock. but everyone has to start somewhere. The music is by Guenther Kauer and is the same that was used in the film "Astounding She Monster". Hearing that music applied to a western is a dis-jointed affair and tends to affect the mind to some degree.

The movie only runs 58 minutes and it actually does move along fairly well. Jewell Morgan, Nona Carver and Betty Shay are just three of the topless Indians women shooting arrows and killing people. The film is narrated by Kenne Duncan who acted in many of Ed Woods films.

If you want to see something odd, then check this out.

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