Rent One Million Years B.C. (1966)
2.9 of 5 from 92 ratings
1h 36min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
This spectacular Prehistoric adventure tells the story of Tumak, a caveman and the son of the leader of the Rock Tribe. When Tumak (John Richardson) is banished from his tribe he wanders through the brutal prehistoric lands until he stumbles apon the Shell Tribe. Loana (Raquel Welch), the daughter of the chief, takes pity on the exhausted and injured wanderer and nurses him back to health, much to the chagrin of her betroved, who fights Tumak for his honour and the hand of his woman. Tumak is expelled as a result. Again he has to wander the treacherous wastelands in search of his tribe. Loana decides to join him and follows him back to the caves of his people. She teaches the Rock tribe civility and Tumak assumes leadership. The tribe seems as peace, though this peace is shattered by Tumak's treacherous brother Sakana (Percy Herbert) who plots to overthrow the new chief. - Actors:
- Raquel Welch, John Richardson, Percy Herbert, Robert Brown, Martine Beswick, Jean Wladon, Lisa Thomas, Malya Nappi, Richard James, William Lyon Brown, Frank Hayden, Terence Maidment, Micky De Rauch, Yvonne Horner, James Payne, Dido Plumb
- Directors:
- Don Chaffey
- Producers:
- Michael Carreras
- Voiced By:
- Nikki Van der Zyl
- Narrated By:
- Vic Perrin
- Writers:
- Michael Carreras, Mickell Novack, George Baker, Joseph Frickert
- Aka:
- Eine Million Jahre vor unserer Zeit
- Studio:
- Optimum
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Collections:
- People of the Pictures, Remembering Raquel Welch
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 24/10/2016
- Run Time:
- 100 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- New Interview with Raquel Welch
- New Interview with Martine Berwick
- Stills Gallery
- Ray Harryhausen Stills
- Storyboaids
- Artwork
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Reviews (1) of One Million Years B.C.
Prehistoric Adventure. - One Million Years B.C. review by Steve
This is a surprisingly faithful remake (by Hammer studios) of a 1940 Victor Mature picture, One Million BC about the rivalry between two prehistoric tribes- while both are menaced by man eating dinosaurs! So it's an escapist family adventure which is no longer likely to attract such an audience, because there are no CGI effects.
But for nostalgics, this is remembered chiefly for a salon ready Raquel Welch in a fur bikini as a stone age babe from the permissive Shell tribe. Who are all fair. She shares a pre-language romance with John Richardson from the social Darwinist hunters of the Stone tribe. Who are all dark. And literally fight over who gets the leg or the breast.
So it seems humanity was divided into liberals and fascists even at the dawn of civilisation. Aside from Welch in the moment of stardom, the other reason to watch is the stop-motion dinosaurs modelled by animation legend Ray Harryhausen, which are superb. The rest is a camp Technicolor romp filmed on Tenerife.
So Martine Beswick and Raquel wrestle with a large antelope horn to win the favours of the chief! The cast is chosen for body type, and surely for their willingness to enter into the spirit of things. The fur bikini became one of the screen's iconic costumes. Of course, this is idiotic but a decent amount of thought and craft went into its creation.
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