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Raquel Welch, John Richardson, Percy Herbert, Robert Brown, Martine Beswick ... see more see more... , Lisa Thomas , Jean Waldon , Malaya Nappi , Richard James , William Lyon Brown , Frank Hayden , Terence Maidment

This film was advertised with the slogan "See Raquel Welch In Mankind's First Bikini!" While archeologists tell us humans did not live at the same time as dinosaurs, and our prehistoric ancestors prob... read more read more...ably didn't look much like Ms. Welch and her co-stars, One Million Years B.C. is a good bit more fun than more scientifically accurate portrait of the era might have been. Tumak (John Richardson) of the Rock People is exiled from his tribe after a fight with his father, and after days of endless wandering is in sad shape before he's taken in by the more peaceable Shell People. He attracts the attention of well-proportioned cave woman Loana (Raquel Welch), but once again finds himself a man without a country after his violent nature alienates the Shell People. Along with Raquel (whose character is remarkably well-groomed given the time period), this movie's greatest selling point are the special effects; legendary stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen created a dazzling collection of prehistoric creatures for this film that still look impressive, even in the more sophisticated era of computer generated imaging technology. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 40 min.

Directed by: Don Chaffey

Release Date: February 21, 1967

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DVD Release Date: March 9, 2004

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  • animegirlaya
    December 10, 2010
    animegirlaya
    *One of my top 20 films

    I think we all know about the famous poster with Raquel Welch and that look became more famous then the film itself. I think one million years B.C. is a very underrated and over looked film that deserves more then what's its got because its epic. And it... read mores holding a 50%. Like when dinosaurs ruled the earth, this movie is fantastically done and one of the best dinosaur or Stone Age film ever.

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    Tumak, a member of the Rock Tribe, is expelled from their cave after running afoul of their leader Akhoba, who also happens to be his father. After several days of wandering, he meets stumbles upon several female members of the Shell Tribe, a group that lives on the coast. Loana, the daughter of the chief, sees that he is in terrible shape from his ordeal and nurses him back to health. This causes her betrothed to become jealous and eventually the two of them get into a major fight and Tumak is expelled as a result. However, Loana decides to join him and follows him back to the caves of his people. While there Loana teaches the Rock people civility and this causes Tumak to become the new leader (Akhoba was severely injured while Tumak was away). This doesn't sit well with Tumak's brother Sakana who begins to plot to have Tumak overthrown.

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    This movie is the first part in the cave girls trilogy next is When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth and Creatures the World Forgot. The best one is this but I thought the last was really weak and just not as good. This is also a remake of the original and I think ever die hard fan of these films will know the original had a lot of stock dino footage that went into other films of its time.

    100% for story: Only because it's epic to look at. I think the ending is mad.

    90% for acting: They don't say really anything thought the film because there Cave people but.

    100% for special effects: I think there amazing for its time and even today they still beat crappy looking CGI. I think any stoner would love it.

    100% for characters: I think there awesome and Raquel Welch character is the best.

    100% for everything else: I liked the settings, Places, dinosaurs, Environment, Really all that stuff.

    I think once or if you came across it you should watch it, just for the sake of looking at it.

    Keiko's score 95-100
  • harrycaul
    November 11, 2007
    harrycaul
    Christ, this is boring! Unfortunately for us, it was such a success upon first release that Hammer 'treated' us to two more pictures in the same vein, "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth", which I've not yet been unlucky enough to catch, and "Creatures the World Forgot", which is eve... read moren worse than this! "One Million Years B.C." is virtually plotless; Raquel and her boyfriend just seem to drift backwards and forwards from his tribe to hers (and back again), fending off the occasional dinosaur when our attention threatens to flag. The effects work isn't too shabby but it hasn't aged well.
  • jjnxn
    August 6, 2007
    jjnxn
    Utterly ridiculous but entertaining if you're in the mood and Raquel IS breathtaking.
  • garyX
    April 12, 2007
    garyX
    Raquel Welch in an animal skin bikini gets menaced by anachronistic stop motion monsters. Absolute rubbish. But RAQUEL WELCH IN AN ANIMAL SKIN BIKINI!! (As you can imagine, only one section of the demographic population is catered for here...)
  • deano
    March 28, 2007
    deano
    Good remake of 1939 prehistoric adventure with sexy Raquel Welch with her fur-bikini that makes her look hot.
  • placeinthesun455
    January 5, 2011
    placeinthesun455
    there were some attractive women living a million years ago, weren't there? the one positive thing I can legitimately say about this movie (aside from Raquel Welch) is for a film with no intelligible dialogue whatsoever, the actors do a pretty decent job telling a story through ... read morefacial expressions and physical movement. I always had a good idea what was happening. of course, what was happening was always either unbearably dull or saturated in horribly cheesy and dated effects--respect to Harryhausen, but seriously, ouch. this film isn't overly entertaining, and it doesn't really have any kind of discernible point, but there's still something about it I kind of like.
  • SDphotoggirl
    April 16, 2008
    SDphotoggirl
    This is one of my dad's favorite films just because he thought Rachel Welch was hot running around in a skimpy fur costume.
  • sheruinsyou
    October 21, 2007
    sheruinsyou
    Raquel Welch looks really hot and the claymation dinosaurs are amusing, but otherwise this movie is pretty dull with hardly any discernible dialogue. Also, the film doesn't offer much in the way of a plot. The studio was obviously counting on Raquel's assets to sell this film.
  • MovieGuruDude72
    July 14, 2007
    MovieGuruDude72
    Movie-wise this isn't all that great a movie. But it did produce one of the most iconic sex poses in cinematic history with Raquel Welch in her fuzzy bikini. Second only to Marilyn Monroe's blown up skirt in terms of memorable hotness.
  • tk7and7is
    June 25, 2006
    tk7and7is
    Ray Harryhausen dinosaurs and Raquel Welch in a fur bikini. Consider all adolescent pleasure nodes officially scratched.

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Critic Reviews

Eric Lurio
December 21, 2004
Eric Lurio, Greenwich Village Gazette

Delightfully cheezy, Raquel Welch is wonderful to look at

Bill Chambers
June 20, 2004
Bill Chambers, Film Freak Central

Too pretentious to stoop to camp Full Review

May 9, 2005
New York Times

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Pat Graham
January 1, 2000
Pat Graham, Chicago Reader

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Christopher Null
July 12, 2005
Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com

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Emanuel Levy
June 29, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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Daniel M. Kimmel
January 30, 2004
Daniel M. Kimmel, Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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Ken Hanke
July 30, 2002
Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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January 26, 2006
Time Out

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May 24, 2003
Film4

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