One Million B.C.
One Million B.C. is a 1940 American fantasy film produced by Hal Roach Studios and released by United Artists. It is also known by the titles Cave Man, Man and His Mate, and Tumak. The film stars Victor Mature as protagonist Tumak, a young cave man who strives to unite the uncivilized Rock Tribe and the peaceful Shell Tribe, Carole Landis as Loana, daughter of the Shell Tribe chief and Tumak's love interest, and Lon Chaney, Jr. as Tumak's stern father and leader of the Rock Tribe.
Director(s)
Hal Roach
Hal Roach, Jr.
Cast & crew
John Northpole
Rock Person
Harry Wilson
Rock Person
Nigel De Brulier
Peytow
Conrad Nagel
Narrator
Robert Kent
Mountain Guide
Victor Mature
Tumak
Carole Landis
Loana
Lon Chaney Jr.
Akhoba
John Hubbard
Ohtao
Mamo Clark
Nupondi
Inez Palange
Tohana
Edgar Edwards
Skakana
Jacqueline Dalya
Ataf
Mary Gale Fisher
Wandi
Norman Budd
Rock Person
Lorraine Rivero
Rock Person
Harold Howard
Rock Person
Ricca Allen
Rock Person
Adda Gleason
Rock Person
Edward Coxen
Rock Person
Ben Hall
Shell Person
Creighton Hale
Shell Person
Audrey Manners
Shell Person
Rosemary Theby
Shell Person
Patricia Pope
Shell Person
Chuck Stubbs
Shell Person
Jimmy Boudwin
Shell Person
Ora May Carlson
Shell Person
James Coppedge
Rock Person
Kay Frye
Shell Person
Betty Greco
Rock Person
Aida Hernandez
Rock Person
Boots Lebaron
Shell Person
Jean Porter
Shell Person - Loana's Sister
Dick Simmons
Shell Person
Henry Sylvester
Rock Person
Frank Tinajero
Rock Person
Hal Roach
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Hal Roach, Jr.
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Reviews
CinemaSerf
Told by way of a retrospective, this is quite a fun story of prehistoric man and for once, Victor Mature is pretty much in his element. He plays "Tumak" who is exiled by his "Rock" tribe and takes refuge with the far more refined "Shell" people where he settles down and marries "Loana" (Carole Landis). Unfortunately for him, he manages to get exiled from there too - so returns to his old tribe, with his new wife, and tries to pacify them and their nasty leader Lon Chaney Jr - all under the menacing threat of an active volcano. It has precious little dialogue for the star to chew his way through, and the special effects are actually quite decent - plenty of dinosaurs (lizards in close-up), wooly mammoths etc. with enough action to keep it moving along quite well until a lively conclusion.
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