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Las mujeres panteras (1966)

Country of Origin: Mexico
Year of Production: 1966
Running Times: 87 mins
Format:
Ratio:
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Cinematográfica Calderón S.A.
Producer: Guillermo Calderón
Production Chief: Jorge Cardeña

SCRIPT
Script: Alfredo Salazar

DIRECTION
Director: René Cardona Jr
Assistant Director: Julio Cahero

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Agustín Jiménez

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Jorge Bustos

MUSIC
Music: Antonio Díaz Conde

SOUND
Sound Supervisor: James L. Fields
Sound Editor: José Li-Ho
Dialogue Recordist: Rodolfo Solis
Re-Recording: Galdino Samperio

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Margarita Ortega

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Javier Torres Torija

MISCELLANEOUS
Union: STPC

CAST
Ariadne Welter (Gloria Venus)
Elizabeth Campbell (The Golden Rubí)
Yolanda Montes "Tongolele" (Tongo)
Eric del Castillo (Captain Arturo Díaz)
Manuel "Loco" Valdés (Leocadio)
Eda Lorne (Eda)
Jenaro Moreno (Ramón Pietra Santa)),
María Douglas (Satanasa)
Jorge Mondragón (Professor Rafael Pietra Santa)
Elenita Saldívar (Paquita Pietra Santa)
Notanael León (Caín)
Angel D'Stefano (Eloím)
Betty Grey, Marina Rey, Guadalupe Delgado, Ma. Judith Mercado (female wrestlers)
Gerardo Zepeda, "Murciélago" Velázquez, Cavernario Galindo, Reyes Oliva (wrestlers / henchmen)
El Angel (himself)
Armando Acosta (spectator)
Juan Garza (henchman)
Jesús Gómez (plainclothes cop)
Manuel "Gordo" Alvarado (radio announcer)
Federico Falcón (reporter)
Carlos Suárez (man in wrestling office)
Armando Gutiérrez (impresario)
"Picoro" (ring announcer)

PLOT SUMMARY

Druid leader Eloím is put to death by members of the Pietra Santa family, keepers of the mystical "Druid Sword." Two hundred years later, the cult that follows Eloím's teachings is still active and is murdering descendants of the family. The sole surviving Pietra Santa is protected by las luchadoras, a team of female wrestlers.

AVAILABILITY

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Azteca Films Inc

TIMELINE

1967
March

3: Mexico – theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

The Panther Woman

KEYWORDS

caves; crypts; curses; dancing; druids; female wresters; graveyards; laboratories; magicians; monsters; morgues; nightclubs; police; revenge; scientists; swords; transformations; wrestling


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