Teenage Caveman Movie Review

After I Was a Teenage Werewolf and I Was a Teenage Frankenstein, intrepid American International Pictures further mined the youth market with – what else – Teenage Caveman. Robert Vaughn stars as “The Boy” (he would later become “The Man”…from U.N.C.L.E., that is), who defies his elders by venturing from his clan's desolate terrain into the forbidden land beyond, where he encounters the dreaded God That Gives Death With Its Touches. If you have seen Planet of the Apes, you can anticipate the surprise ending. Villain Frank De Kova is more fondly remembered as Chief Wild Eagle of the Hekawi tribe on TV's F-Troop. Look for Jonathan Haze (Little Shop of Horrors) as one of the tribespeople. Roger Corman directed in ten days on a $70,000 budget. He certainly got his money's worth out of Beach Dickerson, who was utilized for four roles, including that of a bear. Corman even recruited him to play the drum in the funeral scene for one of his characters. Dinosaur footage courtesy of the film, One Million B.C. AKA: Out of the Darkness; Prehistoric World.

1958 66m/B Robert Vaughn, Darrah Marshall, Leslie Bradley, Frank De Kova, Beach Dickerson, Jonathan Haze; D: Roger Corman. VHS COL