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      One Million B.C.

      Released Apr 5, 1940 1h 20m Sci-Fi List
      80% 5 Reviews Tomatometer 34% 250+ Ratings Audience Score In the survival-of-the-fittest mentality of the Rock tribe, the strongest receive the best of everything, while the scraps are left for the weak. When Tumak (Victor Mature) fails to protect what is his from the tribe's leader, Akhoba (Lon Chaney Jr.), the Rock people send Tumak into exile. Discovered by Loana (Carole Landis), a member of the peaceful Shell tribe, Tumak reluctantly joins her strangely kind people. Tumak struggles to adapt, but Loana will not give up on changing his savage ways. Read More Read Less

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      Matt Brunson Film Frenzy A box office smash in its day, this prehistoric picture remained highly influential after its release, and its visual effects footage proved so potent that it was employed in countless other movies over the course of the next three decades. Rated: 3/4 Sep 18, 2021 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews If you can dig all the nonsense, you might find it pleasing as silly entertainment. Rated: C Nov 5, 2006 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Jul 4, 2005 Full Review Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) Not great and it never was, but it's interesting. Rated: 3/5 Sep 9, 2004 Full Review Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal Rated: 3/5 Feb 25, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Two competing caveman groups, the Rock Tribe and the Shell People have a Hatfields and McCoys-type relationship. The story progresses as a forbidden love tale as one the Rock men joins the Shell tribe because of his love for one of their beautiful cavewoman. The limited dialogue gets monotonous. A volcano upsets everyone's lives, even the dinosaurs. Dinos: 4/10 Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Carol Landis carries this film with a good supporting cast, but her performance is certainly a strong point. Probably not accurate - decades later but certainly a fun & easy to understand story. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Tumak is a caveman that is punished for his behavior and kicked out of his tribe. He wanders through the jungle where he sees and avoids multiple prehistoric creatures. Eventually, he comes across a peaceful tribe that takes him in and teaches him their ways. He falls for the beautiful Loana who eventually leads him back to his original tribe to teach them the error of their ways when a volcano explodes putting all their lives at risk. Hal Roach Jr (Calaboose and Prairie Chickens) and Hal Roach (Captain Fury, Little Rascals Varieties, and The White Sheep) collaborate to deliver One Million B.C. The storyline for this picture is fairly straightforward but fun to watch unfold. The special effects are dated but entertaining in a fun/funny kind of way. The acting was fairly mediocre and the cast includes Victor Mature, Lon Chaney Jr, Carole Landis, and Conrad Nagel. I came across this on Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and was excited to see this Chaney old school classic. This was fairly average with some fun sequences and solid action scenes. This is not a must see film, but is worth a viewing if you're a fan of the classics like the Sinbad and Hercules films from this era. Grade: C+ Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member A good old fashioned adventure Sci Fi movie made in the days in which they have nothing but smoke & mirrors. The story of a man telling in flashback the life & adventures of the caveman who lived & breathed with dinosaurs. The acting is pretty ordinary but the practical special effects where excellent what they did on a limited budget is astounding. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review kevin w One of the great adventure films ever with a simple plot of "what it must've been like living way back when" told with the by now antiquated special effects. Still it's a rousing tale told with vigor, expected to garner the wow factor from the outset, which it does. Of course it would be easy to sit back, sneer and call out the obvious inaccuracies of the story - too many to number - or even the age of the piece, but my answer to that would be "wet blanket!" or "killjoy!" What film is ever truly accurate? Huh? This is nothing but a fun work. If you can remember the eleven year old inside you, before you got to be all sophisticated and everything (with your automatic ice cube dispensing refrigerators and your French bidets!), this is as good as King Kong. Warning: Several animals were hurt in the making of this! We're talking about the 1930's here, before we were advanced enough to know better. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member While it may not be as appealing to the eyes as the remake, it still tells a solid story. While most of the dinosaurs are lizards, and the ones that aren't are pretty terrible looking, it adds a sense of fun to the film. The characters are a bit silly, and there are some slow moments. In the end though, I was quite satisfied with it. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis In the survival-of-the-fittest mentality of the Rock tribe, the strongest receive the best of everything, while the scraps are left for the weak. When Tumak (Victor Mature) fails to protect what is his from the tribe's leader, Akhoba (Lon Chaney Jr.), the Rock people send Tumak into exile. Discovered by Loana (Carole Landis), a member of the peaceful Shell tribe, Tumak reluctantly joins her strangely kind people. Tumak struggles to adapt, but Loana will not give up on changing his savage ways.
      Director
      Hal Roach, Hal Roach Jr.
      Distributor
      United Artists
      Production Co
      Hal Roach Studios Inc.
      Genre
      Sci-Fi
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Apr 5, 1940, Original
      Release Date (DVD)
      Oct 31, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 20m