The Wild Women of Wongo
Even the birds and bees are confused..
1959 | 72m | English
Popularity: 0.4 (history)
| Director: | James L. Wolcott |
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| Writer: | Cedric Rutherford |
| Staring: |
| On the tropical island of Wongo, a tribe of beautiful women discover that the other side of the island is inhabited by a tribe of handsome men. They also discover that a tribe of evil ape men live on the island, too, and the ape men are planning a raid on the tribe in order to capture mates. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 01, 1959 |
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| Director: | James L. Wolcott |
| Writer: | Cedric Rutherford |
| Genres: | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy |
| Keywords | tropical island, amazon tribe, mother nature |
| Production Companies | Jaywall Productions, Wolcott Productions, Tropic Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: May 03, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Jean Hawkshaw | Omoo |
| Mary Ann Webb | Mona |
| Candé Gerrard | Ahtee |
| Adrienne Bourbeau | Wana |
| Johnny Walsh | Engor |
| Ed Fury | Gahbo |
| Rex Richards | King of Wongo |
| Bert Williams | King of Goona |
| Zuni Dyer | Priestess |
| Marie Goodhart | Woman of Wongo |
| Michelle Lamaack | Woman of Wongo |
| Joyce Nizzari | Woman of Wongo |
| Val Phillips | Woman of Wongo |
| Jo Elaine Wagner | Woman of Wongo |
| Pat Crowley | Man of Wongo |
| Ray Rotello | Man of Wongo |
| Billy Day | Man of Wongo |
| Burt Parker | Man of Wongo |
| Robert Serrecchia | Man of Wongo |
| Whitey Hart | Man of Wongo |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| James L. Wolcott | Director |
| Cedric Rutherford | Screenplay |
| Harry Walsh | Director of Photography |
| David J. Cazalet | Editor |
| Tom McKeehan | Costume Design |
| Rudolph Liszt | Makeup Artist |
| Edward Fenton | Sound |
| Olga Suarez | Choreographer |
| Owen Phillips | Dialogue Coach |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| George R. Black | Producer |
| James L. Wolcott | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Yes, this was a bad movie (I watched it in a double bill with the similar-toned prehistoric tongue-in-cheek 'Prehistoric Women'--both from Mill Creek's 50-pack 'Nightmare Worlds'), but it was charming, short and sweet, and I enjoyed it. I wouldn't watch it again, probably, but it was decent fare to ... see once. I thought the way the credits were animated was cool (a low-budget Saul Bass), and I wouldn't have minded being trapped by the Wongo tribe, if I time-travelled back to that time, myself! At first, I thought they had misspelled Adrienne Barbeau's name, but no one looked like her in the film, and she would have been really young anyway. It intrigued me that Tennessee Williams actually directed at least parts of the film. Though this film falls into the 'so-bad-it's good-territory, I'm glad it was made. Not everything has to be either a $300-million monster or Hamlet.