The Face Of Eve is a 1968 UK Spanish Liechtenstein and US production that was partially filmed in Brazil. It's got a few names, Eve in the US and Canada, Hula Hula, la femmina della giungla in Italy, Eva en la selva in Spain, Diana - Tochter der Wildnis in West Germany. I got a DVD from the UK, it's part of The British Film series from Network.
Producer Harry Alan Towers wrote the story and the screenplay under his usual pen name Peter Wellbeck. Robert Lynn and Jeremy Summers share the directing credit on the IMDb, the Wikipedia doesn't mention Robert but does mention that Summers quit half way through the shoot and Jesus Franco finished. There's not a credit for The Face OF Eve on Franco's IMDb page. Who knows.
It's a jungle tale with lost treasure, wild animals, crooks, and a blonde jungle girl. Celeste Yarnall plays Eve, she's joined by some cast members I knew of, Robert Walker Jr, Herbert Lom, Christopher Lee, Fred Clark and Maria Rohm.
An explorer is looking for some Inca treasure when he meets up with Eve, she's a goddess to some locals. She's got her enemies, another tribe is after her, they want to kill her. A carnival showman is after her, he wants to capture her alive and put her in a cage as his star attraction. Her own grandfather wants to do her in. It's a mad old world, huh.
It's watchable but pretty much average. There's some OK jungle footage and some fights and stuff like that but the scenes back in England with Christopher Lee and Herbert Lom were kind of dull. I've got it so there's a good chance I might see it again.
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