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| British Shortened Title: THE VIKING WOMEN Year: 1957 Rating: ***1/2 |
Director/Producer Roger Corman's b-epic THE SAGA OF THE VIKING WOMEN AND THEIR VOYAGE TO THE WATERS OF THE GREAT SEA SERPENT only follows the title for the first 15-minutes after the titular women, lonely for their men who had left and never returned, take a short voyage, are attacked by the rear-projection of an enlarged sea-serpent puppet, and wind up where most of the surprisingly fulfilling sword-and-sandal adventure takes place...
An island ruled by women-less barbarians led by Corman antagonist Richard Devon with flamboyant son Jay Sayer and token henchman Michael Forest... and it's how Corman allows each of the female leads to have a creative purpose directly linked to the action-packed plot-line — of recusing their enslaved men and trying to get off the island...
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| June Kenney in THE VIKING WOMEN |
All the girls are blonde expect lone brunette Susan Cabot, who, jealous of stalwart leader Abby Dalton's love for perfect-looking Bradford Jackson, becomes a backstabbing antagonist-traitor as petite June Kenney's able to sneak through prison bars while square-jawed Betsy Jones-Moreland (flanked by Lynette Bernay and Sally Todd) is smitten with the least godlike/most resilient young Viking Jonathan Haze...
Packed with all the usual Fantasy movie elements including near-death/last-minute-escapes and the kind of hot scantily-clad-women that influenced any other Fantasy flick (including Corman's own 1980's BARBARIAN QUEEN franchise) where the ladies are on top — long before the concept of girl-power was anything.
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June Kenney in THE VIKING WOMEN with Susan Cabot, Abby Dalton and Michael Forest
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| Richard Devon in THE VIKING WOMEN |
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June Kenney in THE VIKING WOMEN with Michael Forest
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June Kenney in THE VIKING WOMEN with Richard Devon
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| Susan Cabot and Richard Devon in THE VIKING WOMEN |
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| Richard Devon and Michael Forest in THE VIKING WOMEN |
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June Kenney in THE VIKING WOMEN with Susan Cabot and Abby Dalton
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| Susan Cabot in THE VIKING WOMEN |
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| June Kenney in THE VIKING WOMEN |
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| June Kenney in THE VIKING WOMEN |
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Susan Cabot in THE VIKING WOMEN with Bradford Jackson
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| Susan Cabot and Richard Devon in THE VIKING WOMEN |
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| Michael Forest and Jay Sayer in THE VIKING WOMEN |
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June Kenney in THE VIKING WOMEN with Abby Dalton and Richard Devon
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| Susan Cabot and Richard Devon in THE VIKING WOMEN |
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| Michael Forest and Richard Devon in THE VIKING WOMEN |
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June Kenney in THE VIKING WOMEN with Abby Dalton, Jonathan Haze and Bradford Jackson
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| The SEA SERPENT in THE VIKING WOMEN |
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| June Kenney in THE VIKING WOMEN |
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| Betsy Jones-Moreland in THE VIKING WOMEN |
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| Sally Todd, Abby Dalton & June Kenney in THE VIKING WOMEN |
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