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Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.

Although I found this movie to be enjoyable, I must say that it has its share of flaws. To that end, except for possibly Patricia Morison (as "Jean Preston") the acting wasn't very good. Likewise, the dialogue was cheap and the humor was really corny. Additionally, there was so much stock footage that I thought I was watching a documentary at times. Along with that there were obvious cuts made which caused the film to seem rather choppy at times. Be that as it may, as I mentioned earlier I still enjoyed it for no other reason than the fact that it was a good story which had little pieces of action, romance and mystery all rolled up into one. Also the fact that Patricia Morison was kind of pretty certainly didn't hurt either. In any case, while this film definitely could have been much better, overall suppose I have no major complaints with it and I rate the film as only slightly below average.

Like many of the other people who might be watching this movie these days, I caught this as part of Mill Creek's "SciFi Classics" 50 Movie Pack, and no, I have no idea what this movie has to do with Science Fiction. It's really more of a safari adventure with a group of white folks in some far eastern jungle (the name of the town in the beginning is "Akbar," but damned if I know where that is; the stock footage suggests India) surrounded by overly friendly natives and other white folks. In truth, most of the natives were genuine, but only because this movie is filled with stock footage. The stock footage, in fact, takes up a large portion of this film, with narration apparently written around it detailing events that, outside of the stock footage, is never actually shown.The movie opens with a small group of Americans showing up in the jungles of the far east, searching for one Greg Jones, son of Colonel Jones (John Milijan) and fiancé of Jean Preston (Patricia Morison). During their expedition, they hear talk of a tribe of white women, known as "white she-devils." They are thought to have some connection to the disappearance of Greg Jones, and, of course, my first thought is that Greg encountered them and figured it might be worth sticking around--you know, as the one guy in a society of women. Sounds like a pretty good deal, don't you think? Sure enough, Greg (Bruce Edwards) has gotten his hands in the pants of the tribe's leader, a rather attractive brunette named Zita (Amira Moustafa) who speaks broken English in a high-pitched, nasal voice. She sort of reminds me of Sarah Palin, to be honest.Since Greg has taken up residence amongst Zita and the She-Devils, it seems only reasonable that Jean should submit to the proposals of another man. In this case, the other man is Gary Lambert (Robert Lowery), the expert that they brought along on their mission. Oddly enough, when Jean finds out that Greg has been getting it on with Zita, she seems fairly unconcerned; likewise, Greg doesn't really care at all that Gary has taken an interest in his ex-fiancé. This is what cinema was like in the days before Jerry Springer, I guess. By the end of the movie, Gary marries Jean, and Greg marries Zita. The whole thing is very Shakespearian, if Shakespeare had filled his plays with fighting animals and dancing African natives residing in the far east.QUEEN OF THE AMAZONS: Honestly, if you're interested in seeing this movie, it's best to seek it out online. It can probably be found for free somewhere amongst the cyberclutter. This one is for fans of the era and the genre only...all three of them.

I got this in a science fiction collection. I kept waiting for some technological or science oriented event to take place. This is a bad jungle movie. That's it. It's about a group of people who go to Africa to find some guy who disappeared during a safari into the bush. His fiancée is with the group. She gets to go along because of the way she handles a gun. We are led to believe that the women in this movie are formidable and capable. One can out shoot the male lead. However, when faced with danger, they shrink back and scream. The Amazon Queen is the same way. She has built a society in the jungle, showing no mercy at times, but when it comes time to confront the villain, all she can do is plaster herself against a wall and howl. The men are just as bad. Most of the film is stock footage from African newsreels. It allows you to get a sandwich between plot elements. At times it appears that the safari has about 400 native supply carriers. At other times they have about five. People get eaten by lions and killed with spears. A romance develops between the great white hunter and the other guy's fiancée. The evil Amazon Queen doesn't do much of anything except make idle threats. And when push comes to shove, she doesn't seem to have any power at all. What a worthless movie!

Heck! It was different time altogether. What made for excitement in 1947 is merely amusing, boring, or fascinating depending on your attitude towards films and movies.I watched it. I enjoyed it despite the amazing plot holes. The first thing you will note that the movie takes place mostly in Africa even though the Amazon is in South America. Oh, but this is about a strange white women's tribe living the jungle so they must be Amazons. Oh, and the white women's tribe is mysterious in its nature even though the origin is very well known and no-one ever decided to go rescue the survivors of the shipwreck. I can't figure it out so it is best not to try.Stock footage runs amok. It doesn't always match or even come close in the continuity of details department or even in film granularity. One hilarious example occurs when the lead actress looks through a telescope at the wildlife and notes how they are all in a hurry. Then we are treated to stock footage of a herd of gazelles jumping away - in slow-mo. Ha ha! We must have been shown footage of 5 or 6 different tribes of people which were lumped together in this film to represent one tribe. We even were privy to stock footage of trees which are not native to Africa - but there they are growing on the landscape. It's pretty awkward but no-one probably noticed in 1947. That wasn't the point back, I suppose. This movie is here to entertain or fill time. It does both.The acting is surprisingly competent enough by most although there seemed to be an abundance of inappropriate smiling, especially by the lead actress who gets a good share of close-ups. Yeah, she's pretty. But for a woman who has lost her fiancé to the jungle she just doesn't seem very upset. She is simply determined to go on with the safari even though her feelings for her fiancé are seriously challenged by another man in her party.Meanwhile, her fiancé has fallen for the 'Amazon' queen but has decided to be a rat and not tell anyone. Apparently he thought no-one would care if he simply vanished along with the rest of his earlier safari party.Meanwhile the Amazonians get the blame for all the mysterious deaths in the region. They are determined to remain secret and keep their territory safe from outsiders - except for the one lone male which the Queen keeps for herself. Considering how awesome this tribe of white women must be since they can overwhelm a safari without much problem - you never see more than 3 of the white women tribe. In fact, they put up no defense whatsoever during the eventual incursions into their camp by the antagonists - except for a well-timed blowgun incident.Meanwhile the Queen says she will kill to keep her man but we can still be friends. Huh?? Others have noted and I will reinforce - this is not a movie to get all serious about. These are the movies I saw when I was young and it is really quite lame - but still it has a charm. It tries to be fun and succeeds a few times.The ending moans and groans. But at least it's happy and doesn't set you up for a sequel.Rainy day fodder when you are not so critical. Bring a pillow.