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Che fanno i nostri supermen tra le vergini della giungla? (1970)

Country of Origin: Italy /Spain
Year of Production: 1970
Running Times: 90 mins (Spain)     97 mins (UK)     98 mins (Italy)
Length: 2,730 metres     8,730 ft
Format: Eastmancolor     35mm     Techniscope
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Cinesecolo/Pan-Latina Films
Producer: Italo Martinenghi
Associate Producer: Graziano Fabiani
Production Manager: Jaime Fernandez Cid
Assistant Production Manager: Enzo Ferla

SCRIPT
Script: Mario Amendola, Santiago Moncada
Story: Mario Amendola

DIRECTOR
Director: Bitto Albertini
Assistant Director:
Richard Walker

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Santiago Crespo

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Luciano Anconetani

MUSIC
Music: Sante Maria Romitelli

SOUND
Sound: Marvel Sound, Rome
Sound Recordist: Mauro Paravano

MAKE-UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Francisco Ferrer
Costume Designer: Victor Cordero

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Giuseppe Aldrovandi

CAST
Brad Harris (Brad Scott)
George Martin (real name Jorge Martin) (Martin)
Salvatore Borgese
Femi Benussi
Pasquale Simeoni
Frank Braña (real name Francisco Braña)
Pilar Zorrilla
Gianni Pullone
Tomás Torres

PLOT SUMMARY

FBI 'superman' Brad Scott is assigned to prevent a uranium mine from falling into the hands of the Russians. He meets a tribe of Amazons in the African jungles and, with his fellow 'supermen' Martin and Dick - all clad in special costumes that make them invulnerable - does battle with the Russian agents while trying to avoid marriage to the Amazon leader Jungla.

AVAILABILITY

Spain
Theatrical Distributor: Cire Films

UK
Theatrical Distributor: Miracle

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

UK
Rating: U

TIMELINE

1970
February

27: Italy - theatrical release and rated by the censorship board

1971
December

12: Spain - theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Drei tolle Kerle - German title
Supermen
- UK title
The Three Supermen in the Jungle - export title
Los tres supermen en la selva - Spanish title

LINKS

SEQUEL TO
I fantastici tre Supermen (1967)

SEQUEL
Tre Supermen a Tokio (1968)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Bianco e Nero vol.35 no.3/4 (March/April 1974) p.36 (Italy)
credits, review

Monthly Film Bulletin vol.44 no.521 (June 1977) p.120 (UK)
credits, synopsis, review

Oriental Cinema no.15 (1998) p.29 (USA)
review (by Damon Foster)

KEYWORDS

fbi; invulnerability; sequels; jungles; amazons; spies; secret agents; cold war; uranium; mines

CONTRIBUTORS

Kevin Lyons; MJ Simpson


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