Women of the Prehistoric Planet is a 1966 independently made American science fiction/action film written and directed by Arthur C. Pierce, with Wendell Corey receiving the top billing among the cast.[1]
Plot
A spacefaring crew from an advanced civilization is preparing to return home after an extended voyage. The crew includes "humans" (represented by Caucasian talent) and "Centaurians" (represented by Asian talent).
The Centaurians have been rescued from their home planet after an unspecified catastrophic event has devastated their planet. They are being returned with the spacefaring explorers with an expectation that they will be assimilated into their new parent culture. One of the ships in the fleet is hijacked by a few of its Centaurian passengers and crash-lands on a prehistoric planet in the "Solaris" system. Countermanding orders, the rest of the fleet returns to search for survivors after the crash.
By the time the rescuers (traveling at fast sublight speeds) are able to return to the planet, they encounter the descendants of the original crash survivors – explained in a simplified version of time dilation. Linda, a Centaurian from the rescue ship, falls in love with Tang after he saves her from drowning.
After fighting the planet's indigenous species (including giant iguanas meant to represent dinosaurs), Tang and Linda – revealed to be the Admiral's daughter – are marooned on this savage and primitive planet (which is revealed at the end to be Earth).
Cast
Wendell Corey as Admiral David King
Keith Larsen as Commander Scott
John Agar as Dr. Farrell
Paul Gilbert as Lt. Red Bradley
Merry Anders as Lt. Karen Lamont
Stuart Margolin as Chief
Todd Lasswell as Lt. Charles Anderson
Irene Tsu as Linda
Robert Ito as Tang Anderson
Nobuko Miyamoto as Zenda Anderson
Glenn Langan as Captain Ross
Sally Frei as Sally
Suzie Kaye as Ensign Stevens