Captive Women

Captive Women (1952)

Women of the caves 1000 years from now!

In post-apocalyptic New York, three tribes of survivors (the Norms, the Mutates and the Upriver People) vie for the right to exist. When the treacherous Upriver People attack the Norms, kill their chief and take their people captive, two Norm refugee men must find a way to ally with the Mutates, who have previously kidnapped Norm women in an effort to reproduce healthy children, to rout the Uprivers, who also seek to kill off the Mutates.

Date of release
1952-10-10
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (8)
Runtime
1h 4m
Genres
Science Fiction
Director
Stuart Gilmore

Casting

Interesting facts

Captive Women is a 1952 American post-apocalyptic science-fiction film directed by Stuart Gilmore and starring Robert Clarke, Margaret Field and William Schallert. The plot concerns the effects of a nuclear war.

Production

Producers Jack Pollexfen and Aubrey Wisberg had a deal to create three films at RKO Radio Pictures: Captive Women and two films that were later produced, Sword of Venus and Port Sinister. Studio owner Howard Hughes insisted that Stuart Gilmore, one of Hughes' leading editors, should direct the film. Robert Clarke later recalled:[Gilmore] was lost. Completely.

The film had working titles of 3000 AD and 1000 Years from Now, but RKO wanted a more sensational title. However, when the film was rereleased In 1956, it bore the title of 1000 Years from Now.

Filming began on July 9, 1951. The film's budget was approximately $85,000.

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