Mesa of Lost Women
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Mesa of Lost Women

Year:
Duration:
70 min | France:67 min
Genres:
Horror | Sci-Fi
IMDB rate:
2.4
Director:
Ron Ormond
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1953-06-17
Filming Locations: KTTV Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
Jackie Coogan
Doctor Aranya
Allan Nixon
'Doc' Tucker
Richard Travis
Dan Mulcahey
Lyle Talbot
Narrator (voice)
Paula Hill
Doreen Culbertson (as Mary Hill)
Robert Knapp
Grant Phillips
Tandra Quinn
Tarantella
Chris-Pin Martin
Pepe (as Chris Pin Martin)
Harmon Stevens
Dr. Leland J. Masterson
Nico Lek
Jan van Croft
Kelly Drake
Lost Woman
John Martin
Frank
George Barrows
George (as George Burrows)
Candy Collins
Lost Woman
Dolores Fuller
Blonde 'Watcher in the Woods' (as Delores Fuller)
Dean Riesner
Aranya Henchman (as Dean Reisner)
Doris Lee Price
Lost Woman
Mona McKinnon
Lost Woman
Sherry Moreland
Lost Woman
Ginger Sherry
Lost Woman
Chris Randall
Lost Woman
Diane Fortier
Lost Woman (as Dianne Fortier)
Karna Greene
Lost Woman
June Benbow
Lost Woman
Katherine Victor
Car-Driver Spider Woman (as Katina Vea)
Fred Kelsey
The Bartender
Samuel Wu
Wu
Margia Dean
2nd Brunette 'Watcher in the Woods' (uncredited)
John George
Aranya's Manservant (uncredited)
Doris Hart
Lost Woman (uncredited)
Jack Low
Cantina Barfly (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgeway
Girl in Cantina (uncredited)
Julian Rivero
Cantina Barfly (uncredited)
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Trivia
The character of Dr. Aranya and the spider people were added by Ron Ormond. Herbert Tevos' original story began with Masterson--who was merely a "schizophrenic homicidal maniac"--at the cantina, where the dancer played by Tandra Quinn was just a murder victim. The rest of the story is much the same as was seen in the film minus the various scenes involving the women and dwarfs watching the crash survivors. The film ended when Mexican authorities responded to the flare Phillips fired off and landed on the mesa, whereupon Phillips, Doreen, and Van Croft were rescued and the love triangle was resolved when Doreen chose Phillips over Van Croft.
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The name "Tarantella" for the dancer played by Tandra Quinn is an in-joke. "Tarantella" is both the Italian word for "tarantula" and the name of an Italian dance that is supposed to make the person doing it look like he or she has just been bitten by a tarantula.
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Just before Dr. Leland Masterson (Harmon Stevens) shoots the frenzied dancer, Tarantella (Tandra Quinn), in the cantina he quotes a passage from the Bible, (II Kings 9:33), "...So they threw her down, and some of her blood splattered on the wall and on the horses; and he trampled her underfoot..." describing the violent death of Queen Jezebel.
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Goofs
Rear shots of Frank's jeep show a man wearing a fedora in the passenger seat, but close-ups show Pepe in the passenger seat, wearing a sombrero.
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At several points in the dialogue, Dr. Aranya is said to be doing experiments involving "hexapods" - meaning six-legged insects. But he is actually working with tarantulas, which are spiders (not insects) and therefore have eight legs.
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Quotes
Doreen Culbertson: [surveying cantina] What a dump.
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Dr. Leland J. Masterson: [referring to Tarantella dancing] You like her?
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The Bartender: [on the phone, in awe] Sheriff! The body just got up and walked out of here!...
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Photos from cast
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