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The Girl from Rio

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4.7/10 • 37

1969-03-141h 34m

ActionAdventureScience Fiction

An action film of the extra class!

Sumuru, the beautiful leader of the all-female kingdom of Femina, plans to use her women to take over the world.

Directors
Jesús Franco
Writters
Harry Alan Towers, Franz Eichhorn, Bruno Leder
Characters
Harry Alan Towers, Franz Eichhorn, Bruno Leder, Sax Rohmer
Editors
Harry Alan Towers, Allan Morrison

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  1. Shirley Eaton

    Shirley Eaton

    Sumuru

  2. Richard Wyler

    Richard Wyler

    Jeff Sutton

  3. George Sanders

    George Sanders

    Sir Masius

  4. Maria Rohm

    Maria Rohm

    Leslye

  5. Marta Reves

    Marta Reves

    Ulla Rossini

  6. Elisa Montés

    Elisa Montés

    Irene

  7. Beni Cardoso

    Beni Cardoso

    Yana Yuma

  8. Herbert Fleischmann

    Herbert Fleischmann

    Carl

  9. Walter Rilla

    Walter Rilla

    Ennio Rossini

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Wuchak

Feb 25, 2018

5/10

Kitschy, groovy late 60s spy-adventure with Richard Wyler and an army of hot feminazis A handsome man on a mission in Rio (Richard Wyler) is caught between a mobster (George Sanders) & his heavies (Herbert Fleischmann) and a femme fatale (Shirley Eaton) who wants to rule the world with her army of machine gun-fortified feminazis. Released in 1969, "The Girl from Rio" (aka "Rio 70") is the second part of a duology after "The Million Eyes of Sumuru" (1967), which I've never seen and you don't need to view in order to appreciate (or withstand) this one. "The Girl from Rio" is a tacky late 60's spy-adventure that combines elements of "That Man from Rio" (1964), Franco's "Kiss Me, Monster" (1969), "Invasion of the Bee Girls" (1973) and Bond flicks of the same period, albeit without the budget and compelling script. If you have a taste for those types of movies you'll probably enjoy "Rio." Like "Kiss Me" and "Invasion" there's a lot of filler and the corresponding tedious sequences. A full 35 minutes of the runtime could've (and should've) been cut to make the movie more enthralling, but then it wouldn't be "feature length," which is why filmmakers add dull filler material. What makes a movie like this worthwhile is the late 60's chic, the outlandish spy rudiments and the females. Eaton, the gold-painted girl from "Goldfinger" (1965) leads the way on the latter front with capable assist from Marta Reves (Ulla), Beni Cardoso (Yana), Elisa Montés (Irene) and Maria Rohm (Lesley). In an interview Eaton said she wept on the plane home from Rio because filmmaking was so exhausting and she desperately wanted to be with her husband & children. It was understandably her last film. It runs 1 hour, 34 minutes, and was shot in (aduh) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with studio work done in Spain. GRADE: C

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Status
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Original Language
English
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