Untamed Mistress

Untamed Mistress
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ron Ormond Allan Nixon
Written by	Orville H. Hampton Ron Ormond Paul Leslie Peil
Produced by	June Carr Ron Ormond
Starring	Jacqueline Fontaine Allan Nixon Cliff Taylor Byron Keith Carol Varga Don C. Harvey Jack Reitzen Nelson Leigh F.E. Miller James Adamson
Cinematography	Alan Stensvold
Edited by	Igo Kantor Hugh Winn
Music by	Walter Greene
Production company	Howco Productions
Distributed by	Sinister Cinema Joseph Brenner Associates Nashville Cinema Partners
Release date	June 17, 1953 (1953-06-17)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Untamed Mistress is an American film directed by Ron Ormond and starring Jacqueline Fontaine, Allan Nixon, Cliff Taylor, Byron Keith, and Carol Varga. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Plot

Deep in the Indian jungles, two gentlemen are searching for a beautiful woman, Velda, who was kidnapped by a group of bloodthirsty gorillas. Eventually, they finally find her, but the gorillas are determined to keep the woman within their tribe.

Cast

• Allan Nixon as Arthur
• Jacqueline Fontaine as Velda
• Byron Keith as Maharajah Parsta
• John Martin as Jack
• Cliff Taylor as Cyril
• Carol Varga as Rani, the serving girl
• Rick Vallin as Henchman
• Nelson Leigh as The Holy Man
• Don C. Harvey as Kurran the Hunter
• Jack Reitzen as Rajan, Rani's father
• F.E. Miller as Comedian

Critical response

Writing in AllMovie, critic Robert Firsching described the film as "jungle exploitation" that "consists of real and staged documentary footage, all the better to display numerous topless native women (many of them clearly American) and 'thrilling' wild animal scenes," that "a great deal of the footage was taken from other films," and "there are many people jumping around in gorilla costumes." ^[5]

See also

• Ingagi (1930 exploitation film with similar premise)

References

1. "Untamed Mistress (1956)". Letterboxd . Retrieved 11 January 2023.
2. "Untamed Mistress (1956)". The A.V. Club . Retrieved 11 January 2023.
3. Butters, Gerald R. (2007). Banned in Kansas: Motion Picture Censorship, 1915-1966. University of Missouri Press. p. 276. ISBN   978-0-8262-6603-3 . Retrieved 11 January 2023.
4. Weiner, Robert G.; Cline, John (17 July 2010). Cinema Inferno: Celluloid Explosions from the Cultural Margins. Scarecrow Press. p. 292. ISBN   978-0-8108-7657-6 . Retrieved 11 January 2023.
5. Firsching, Robert. "Untamed Mistress (1957)". AllMovie. Netaktion LLC. Retrieved 2024-03-18.

External links

• Untamed Mistress at IMDb
• Untamed Mistress by Ron Ormond, Allan Nixon