Eve (1968 film)
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Eve | |
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Directed by | Robert Lynn |
Screenplay by | Harry Alan Towers |
Produced by | Oliver A. Unger Harry Alan Towers |
Starring | Robert Walker Jr. Fred Clark Herbert Lom Christopher Lee Celeste Yarnall |
Cinematography | Manuel Merino |
Edited by | Allan Morrison |
Music by | Malcolm Lockyer |
Distributed by | Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (UK) Commonwealth United Entertainment (US) |
Release dates | July 1968 (New Orleans, Louisiana) (USA) (premiere) |
Running time | 94 min. |
Country | Spain / UK / Liechtenstein / USA |
Language | English |
Eve is a 1968 thriller film directed by Robert Lynn and Jeremy Summers and starring Robert Walker Jr., Fred Clark, Herbert Lom, Christopher Lee, and introducing Celeste Yarnall as Eve. When the director quit midway through filming, Spanish horror film director Jesus Franco was brought in to finish the job.[1] The film was a co-production between Britain, Spain, Liechtenstein and the United States, and location scenes were filmed in Brazil.[2] It was also released as Eva en la Selva, The Face of Eve (in the UK), Eve in the Jungle, or Diana, Daughter of the Wilderness.[3]
Plot
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An explorer looking for a priceless missing Inca treasure in the Amazon jungle runs across a lost young woman named Eve,[4] who is worshipped as a goddess by jungle natives. Eve is also being pursued by a showman who wants her for his freak show; by the natives who now want to kill her for helping a white man; and by an explorer, Eve's grandfather, who wants to silence her.[5]
Cast
- Celeste Yarnall - Eve
- Robert Walker Jr. - Mike Yates
- Herbert Lom - Diego
- Christopher Lee - Colonel Stuart
- Fred Clark - John Burke
- Rosenda Monteros - Conchita
- Maria Rohm - Anna
- José María Caffarel - José
- Ricardo Díaz - Bruno
Critical reception
TV Guide called it a "very poorly done story of a Tarzaness" ;[5] while Dave Sindelar wrote in Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings, "it's a dull affair, especially during the long middle section where the hero returns to civilization, and any interest it does generate is more due to the presence of several familiar faces (Herbert Lom, Christopher Lee, Fred Clark) than anything that actually happens. One fun thing to do in the movie is to keep track of how many characters die as a result of their own monumental stupidity; I count at least three." [6]
See also
References
- ^ "Harry Alan Towers".
- ^ "Eve (1968) - Notes - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.
- ^ "The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the ... - Google Books".
- ^ "The Face of Eve". BFI.
- ^ a b "Eve". TV Guide.
- ^ Fantastic Movie Musings & Ramblings. "Fantastic Movie Musings & Ramblings - EVE (1968)". scifilm.org.
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