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The Wild Women of Wongo (1958)

The Wild Women of Wongo poster
Directed by
James L. Wolcott
Genre
adventure film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 12m
Rating
2.6 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

On a tropical island, the women of one tribe are beautiful and the men are ugly. The women of a neighboring tribe are ugly and the men are handsome. This leads to romantic complications and conflicts between the two groups.

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What happens

The Wild Women of Wongo is a 1958 American adventure film directed by James L. Wolcott and starring Jean Hawkshaw, Mary Ann Webb, Cande Gerrard, and Adrienne Bourbeau. The low-budget film features stereotypical portrayals of fictional tropical islanders. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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