Cobra Woman (1944)

Directed by

Robert Siodmak

Genre

drama film, adventure film, romance film, South Seas

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 10m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 31 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man travels to a remote island to rescue his fiancee from a ruthless queen and a cult that worships cobras. She has been taken by her evil twin sister who rules the island with an iron fist.

campycolorfulexoticplayfulcheesyover-the-topbreezywhimsical

What happens

Cobra Woman is a 1944 American South Seas adventure film from Universal Pictures, directed by Robert Siodmak that stars Maria Montez, Jon Hall and Sabu. Shot in Technicolor, this film is typical of Montez's career at Universal, and, although mostly forgotten in the 21st century by the general public, is venerated by film buffs as a camp classic for its legendary phallic snake-dance and Montez's character Naja's exaggerated accent when speaking the line: "Give me that Cobra jewel". Avant-garde filmmaker Kenneth Anger has called it his favorite film. Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide gives the film three stars out of four and calls it a camp classic. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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