Movie Description Before he was in THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E, Robert Vaughn starred in this intelligent quickie directed by Roger Corman in 10 days for $70,000. As the restless son of the caveman tribe's symbol maker (Leslie Bradley), Vaughn hunts for food, romances a blonde maiden (Darrah Marshall), and is warned by the elders not to venture beyond the river to the land of the monster "that Gives Death with its Touch." Of course, he's a teenager, so he goes anyway and discovers some pretty shocking secrets. Before that there are dinosaurs (recycled footage from ONE MILLION B.C.), wild dogs, and a giant bear attack. Actor Beach Dickerson plays a bear in addition to several other roles. (He even beats a tom-tom at his own funeral.) Frank De Kova is the villain in the tribe, and June Joceylyn, Robert Shayne, and Jonathan Haze hunt and gather as needed. Corman originally called this PREHISTORIC WORLD, but the producers at AIP wanted to cash in on the success of their hits I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF and I WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN, so they changed the title. Corman and scriptwriter R. Wright Campbell didn't approve; they were proud of their story, which includes inventive dialogue and a nifty surprise ending.
| Credits | | Cast: | Frank DeKova, Leslie Bradley, Robert Vaughn |
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