Movie Cosmos - One Million B.C.

Description:

One Million B.C. is a 1940 American fantasy film produced by Hal Roach Studios and released by United Artists. It is also known by the titles Cave Man, Man and His Mate, and Tumak. The film stars Victor Mature as protagonist Tumak, a young cave man who strives to unite the uncivilized Rock Tribe and the peaceful Shell Tribe, Carole Landis as Loana, daughter of the Shell Tribe chief and Tumak's love interest, and Lon Chaney, Jr. as Tumak's stern father and leader of the Rock Tribe.

Top Cast >

Victor Mature

As Tumak

Carole Landis

As Loana

Lon Chaney Jr.

As Akhoba

John Hubbard

As Ohtao

Mamo Clark

As Nupondi

Inez Palange

As Tohana

Edgar Edwards

As Skakana

Nigel De Brulier

As Peytow

Conrad Nagel

As Narrator

Jacqueline Dalya

As Ataf

Mary Gale Fisher

As Wandi

Norman Budd

As Rock Person

Harry Wilson

As Rock Person

John Northpole

As Rock Person

Lorraine Rivero

As Rock Person

Harold Howard

As Rock Person

Ricca Allen

As Rock Person

Adda Gleason

As Rock Person

Edward Coxen

As Rock Person

Ben Hall

As Shell Person

Creighton Hale

As Shell Person

Audrey Manners

As Shell Person

Rosemary Theby

As Shell Person

Patricia Pope

As Shell Person

Chuck Stubbs

As Shell Person

Jimmy Boudwin

As Shell Person

Ora May Carlson

As Shell Person

James Coppedge

As Rock Person

Kay Frye

As Shell Person

Betty Greco

As Rock Person

Aida Hernandez

As Rock Person

Robert Kent

As Mountain Guide

Boots Lebaron

As Shell Person

Jean Porter

As Shell Person - Loana's Sister

Dick Simmons

As Shell Person

Henry Sylvester

As Rock Person

Frank Tinajero

As Rock Person

Top Crew >

Hal Roach, Jr.

Director

Hal Roach

Producer, Director

William Stevens

Set Decoration

Mickell Novack

Screenplay

Werner R. Heymann

Original Music Composer

Norbert Brodine

Director of Photography

Ray Snyder

Editor

Charles D. Hall

Art Direction

Harry Black

Costume Design

Joseph Frickert

Screenplay

George Baker

Screenplay

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (6/10)

Told by way of a retrospective, this is quite a fun story of prehistoric man and for once, Victor Mature is pretty much in his element. He plays "Tumak" who is exiled by his "Rock" tribe and takes refuge with the far more refined "Shell" people where he settles down and marries "Loana" (Carole Landis). Unfortunately for him, he manages to get exiled from there too - so returns to his old tribe, with his new wife, and tries to pacify them and their nasty leader Lon Chaney Jr - all under the menacing threat of an active volcano. It has precious little dialogue for the star to chew his way through, and the special effects are actually quite decent - plenty of dinosaurs (lizards in close-up), wooly mammoths etc. with enough action to keep it moving along quite well until a lively conclusion.

2022-06-23