Nice Kitty
Annie Van Auken | Planet Earth | 08/31/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Former model Linda Stirling brought statuesque beauty and poise to the role of "Tiger Woman." She could appear wooden at times in her skimpy costume, yet when action was required (as it frequently was in this serial) Stirling delivered the goods. Generally considered the queen of movie serials, Stirling also appeared in her share of westerns.
CAST for THE TIGER WOMAN:
Allan Lane - Allen Saunders
Linda Stirling - Tiger Woman/Rita Arnold
Duncan Renaldo - José Delgado
George J. Lewis - Morgan
LeRoy Mason - Fletcher Walton
Crane Whitley - Tom Dagget
ALSO APPEARING:
Tom Steele - Tunnel Thug [Ch. 3]/Road Block Thug [Ch. 7]/Ambusher [Ch. 12]
Rex Lease - Pipe-smoker in cafe [Chs. 9, 12] (uncredited)
Robert J. Wilke - Hill Heavy 1[Ch. 2]/Road Heavy (uncredited)
THE STORY:
Greedy speculators try to remove Tiger Woman's tribe from their homeland so they can exploit the oil beneath it.
CHAPTERS:
1. The Temple of Terror
2. Doorway to Death
3. Cathedral of Carnage
4. Echo of Eternity
5. Two Shall Die
6. Dungeon of the Doomed
7. Mile-a-Minute Murder
8. Passage to Peril
9. Cruise to Cremation
10. Target for Murder
11. The House of Horror
12. Triumph over Treachery
TIGER WOMAN trivia:
The TIGER WOMAN wore a leopard-spotted outfit because the studio couldn't find any tiger patterned fabric.
The runaway mine car scene was the inspiration for the same sequence in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom."
Allan 'Rocky' Lane was a cowboy movie star in the 1940s. Ironically, he would one day portray the voice of a talking horse on TV. Lane's last major role was that of MR. ED.
Tom Steele, who doubled for Lane and played one of the thugs in TIGER WOMAN, did stunt work in over 250 serials and movies, including "The Blues Brothers," "Flash Gordon," "Diamonds are Forever," "Gunga Din," "Blazing Saddles," "Buck Rogers," "The Towering Inferno," "Mighty Joe Young" and "The Poseidon Adventure."
Duncan Renaldo was also a western star, but on early television. In 1949 THE CISCO KID was one of the first TV programs filmed in color, although it was never broadcast that way until decades after the program's demise.
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Want more steamy tropical action and a hot babe? The JUNGLE GIRL serial is just what you're looking for!"
Excellent
M. Zaslowsky | Chicago | 11/19/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is excellent. i have been a fan of the movie seriels for a long time now and am becoming a Linda Stirling fan. I can definatly tell why they called her the queen of the Seriels..."