Queen of the Amazons

Queen of the Amazons

15/1/1947 1h 1m 3.1/10

Overview

Jean Preston is determined to find her fiancée, Greg Jones, who went on a safari and didn’t come back when expected. She travels to Akbar, India with Greg’s father, Colonel Jones, Wayne Monroe and the Professor. She asks about Jones at the front desk of the hotel where she stays.

Director

Wesley Barry

Top Billed Cast

Keith Richards

Keith Richards

Wayne Monroe

Robert Lowery

Robert Lowery

Gary Lambert

John Miljan

John Miljan

Narrator / Col. Jones

Patricia Morison

Patricia Morison

Jean Preston

J. Edward Bromberg

J. Edward Bromberg

Gabby

Amira Moustafa

Zita, the Amazon Queen

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

12/12/2024

4/10

This might have been a bit better had we not had to wait for about half the thing before we meet the eponymous character who turns out to have all the menace of a wet lettuce. The rest of it sees a group of explorers start off in India on a search for "Greg" (Bruce Edwards) by "Jean" (Patricia Morison) and her friend the "Colonel" (John Miljan). Swiftly, they conclude that his caravan might have fallen victim to the famed "Zita" (Amira Moustafa) and so they are going to have to get their bug nets on and head off into the jungle. Loads of animal actuality later, we find ourselves involved in a rather pedestrian love-triangle affair between the Queen, "Jean" and a man who appears quite content to have his cake and eat it - metaphorically speaking, of course. It's all set against an undertone of racial stereotyping that even then must have made eyes water as the writing just makes you cringe with embarrassment. Miljan takes on a bit of a narrator's role which doesn't really help the pace of the story either, especially when he adopts a Winston Hibbler style of commentary describing the natural activity on the plains in a distinctly Disney fashion. There's no menace, little jeopardy and some acting as wooden as the sets to make this an hour that really doesn't deliver the promise of the title and isn't worth the effort, sorry.

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