La ciudad sin hombres (1968)

Country of Origin: Spain/West Germany/USA/UK
Year of Production: 1968
Running Times: 79 mins (USA) 84 mins
Format: Eastmancolor 35mm
Ratio: Panoramica 2.35:1
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Ada Films/Terra Filmkunst/Udastex Films/Towers of London
Executive Producer: Bruno Leder
Executive Producer (Spanish Version): Tíbor Reves
Production Manager: Harry Alan Towers
Production Co-Ordinator: Juan Estelrich

SCRIPT
Script: Peter Welbeck (real name: Harry Alan Towers), Franz Eichhorn
Script (German Version): P.W. Leder, Karl Leder
Characters: Sax Rohmer

DIRECTION
Director: Jess Franco (real name: Jesus Franco)
Assistant Director: Ricardo Franco

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Manuel Merino

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Ángel Serrano, Maria Luisa Soriano
Editor (US Version): Alan Harrison
Editor (West German Version: Alan Morrison, Karin Vietinghoff

MUSIC
Music: Daniel J. White

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Direction/Set Dresser: Peter Manhardt

LOCATIONS
Locations: Barcelona, Spain; La Manga del Mar Menor, Murcia, Spain; Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

CAST
Shirley Eaton (Sumuru (Sumitra in US prints))
Richard Wyler (Jeff Sutton)
George Sanders (Sir Masius)
Herbert Fleischerman (real name: Herbert Flseischmann) (Carl)
Maria Rohm (Lesley)
Marta Reves (Ulla Rossini (Lori in US prints))
Elisa Montes (Irene)
Walter Rilla (Ennio Rossini (scenes cut from US prints))
Valentina Godoy (Amazon)
Beni Cardosa (Yana Yuma)
Walter Pidgeon

Private detective Jeff Sutton is hired to find and rescue the daughter of a wealthy banker who has been kidnapped by Sumuru, ruler of the city of Feminia and the tribe of Amazons who live there. She's planning to conquer the world and eradicate men.

Spain
Theatrical Distributor: D.C. Films Andrés Salvador Moli
Video Distributor: Tropic Twilight

USA
Rating: R
TV prints shown in the 1970s (titled Future Women) are cut by 5 minutes, removing nudity and torture scenes and adding plenty of carnival and travelogue footage to bring it back up to feature length.

1969
March
14: West Germany - theatrical release

1972
March
20: Spain - theatrical release

Future Women - US TV title
The Girl From Rio - US TV title
Rio 70 (Sumuru) - Spanish shooting title
River 70
Die Sieben Männer der Sumuru - West German title
The Seven Secrets of Sumuru
Sumuru - UK title
Sumuru, regina di femina - Italian title

SEQUEL TO
The Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967)

BOOKS

Obsession - The Films of Jesus Franco p.63
illustrated credits, synopsis, review (by Lucas Balbo)

private detectives; bankers; the amazon; amazons; jungles; brazil; feminism; gold; torture