One Million Years BC (1966)

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Second of the 1960s catfight classics comes from the Hammer Studios "One Million Years BC" remake. Starring Raquel Welch (born 05.09.1940; as Loana) and Martine Beswick (as Nupondi) both whom happen to become a love interest by the lead character Tumak played by John Richardson (who actually was Martine's long-time boyfriend in real life).



The all-important action sparks when Loana wants to examine a hunting trophy that Nupondi brought to her ex-lover Tumak, probably to lure him back away from the blonde rival. Nupondi is jealous and attacks Loana however after a tense scrap, she is pinned down and defeated. Loana is then called to follow the tradition and kill the brunette loser, but when a stone is given to her, she refuses to smash Nupondi's head and spares her life.

Martine Beswick later recalled (interview from 1984): "Raquel drove me and everyone else 'crazy.' But I had a great deal of compassion for her, because her ass was on the line. There was heavy pressure on her to be 'the' sex symbol, and she felt insecure dealing with the chauvinism so prevalent at the time. Overcoming that feeling of being 'meat' was a big challenge for all of us ladies to handle in that era -- especially since we had more of a sense of who we were than we were given credit for having. Of course, I was 'always' getting myself into trouble about that subject because I couldn't keep my big mouth shut."