The Leech Woman poster

The Leech Woman( 1960)

TV-MAHorrorScience Fiction
46%
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She drained men of their loves and lives!

Overview

An endocrinologist in a dysfunctional marriage with an aging, alcoholic wife journeys to Africa seeking a drug that will restore youth.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Coleen Gray

      June Talbot

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      Grant Williams

      Neil Foster

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      Phillip Terry

      Dr. Paul Talbot

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      Gloria Talbott

      Sally Howard

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      John van Dreelen

      David Garvay (listed as "Bertram" in end credits but called "David" in the film)

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      Estelle Hemsley

      Old Malla

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      Kim Hamilton

      Young Malla

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      Arthur Batanides

      Jerry Lando

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by John Chard

    5
    Written by John Chard on Fri May 23 2014
    Old women always give me the creeps! What do you expect from a film called The Leech Woman? It is by definition one of those sci-fi "B" movies strung together as a support feature that played whilst theatre patrons were still necking, chatting and eating etc. Plot follows in the tradition of something like The Wasp Woman (1959), that plays on the theme of a woman striving to stay young as the advent of time catches up with her. Cue bonkers science, where here it involves a trek to the jungles of Africa to unearth the secret of eternal youth. Naturally things get very bent out of shape and...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • suicide
    • africa
    • dynamite
    • expedition
    • tribe
    • alcoholism
    • eternal youth
    • dysfunctional marriage
    • murder
    • jungle
    • doctor
    • quicksand
    • female villain
    • hormone therapy