Cobra Woman

Cobra Woman (1944)

STRANGE LOVES, UNBELIEVABLE ADVENTURES in the SOUTH SEAS!

A man tracks his kidnapped bride to a jungle island, where her twin is the high priestess.

Date of release
1944-05-12
TMDB
5.4 / 10 (34)
Runtime
1h 11m
Genres
Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Director
Robert Siodmak

Casting

Interesting facts

Cobra Woman is a 1944 American South Seas adventure film from Universal Pictures, directed by Robert Siodmak that stars Maria Montez, Jon Hall and Sabu. Shot in Technicolor, this film is typical of Montez's career at Universal, and, although mostly forgotten in the 21st century by the general public, is venerated by film buffs as a camp classic for its legendary phallic snake-dance and Montez's character Naja's exaggerated accent when speaking the line: "Give me that Cobra jewel".

Production

Universal announced the film in June 1942 starring Maria Montez, Jon Hall and Sabu, even before shooting had begun on their production of Arabian Nights. It was meant to follow that film but was pre-empted by White Savage. Filming took place in May 1943.

Robert Siodmak later called the film "silly but fun...Montez couldn't act from here to there but she was a great personality and completely believed in her roles: if she was playing a princess you had to treat her like one all through lunch but if she was a slave girl you could kick her around anyhow and she wouldn't object: Method Acting before its time you might say."

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