Anthropologist Dr Brockton unearths a primitive troglodyte — an Ice Age 'missing link': half-caveman, half-ape — in a local cave. Through experimentation, she manages to communicate with and domesticate him before he's released by an irate land developer and goes on a rampage, terrorising the local citizenry.
Directed by Freddie Francis
cave
murder
troglodyte
spelunking
caveman
hagsploitation
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Cast
Joan Crawford
Dr. Brockton
Michael Gough
Sam Murdock
Bernard Kay
Inspector Greenham
Kim Braden
Anne Brockton
John Hamill
Cliff
Thorley Walters
Magistrate
Jack May
Dr. Selbourne
Robert Hutton
Dr. Richard Warren
David Warbeck
Alan Davis
Chloe Franks
Little Girl
Crew
Freddie Francis
Director
John Scott
Original Music Composer
John Gilling
Original Story
Popular Reviews
9 reviews
chris gorski
3.0★ · 08/31/25
rubber mask monkey man
couldn’t think of a more fitting finale to Joan Crawford’s career
rubber mask monkey man
couldn’t think of a more fitting finale to Joan Crawford’s career
Maranda
8.0★ · 05/11/25
This is way more fun than I was expecting. I loved when they did a close up of the scalpel cutting into his chest but it didn’t do anything. Joan Crawford is a treasure and I think with literally anybody else in her role, this movie would’ve been forgettable trash.
This is way more fun than I was expecting. I loved when they did a close up of the scalpel cutting into his chest but it didn’t do anything. Joan Crawford is a treasure and I think with literally anybody else in her role, this movie would’ve been forgettable trash.
Ouija Hadid
8.0★ · 08/09/23
This isn’t a movie, this is a completely accurate historical account of human evolution and I believe every word of it.
This isn’t a movie, this is a completely accurate historical account of human evolution and I believe every word of it.
LF
5.7★ · 01/01/23
Kind of weird that you all are giving this movie that advocates for women in STEM such low ratings, but go off I guess…..
Kind of weird that you all are giving this movie that advocates for women in STEM such low ratings, but go off I guess…..
Jonas Norton
9.7★ · 09/16/21
The best part of this movie is how straight Joan Crawford plays it. She acts as if she's gonna win an Oscar for this film and I'm living for it.
The best part of this movie is how straight Joan Crawford plays it. She acts as if she's gonna win an Oscar for this film and I'm living for it.
