One Million B.C.
So amazing you won't believe your eyes!
1940 | 80m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Hal Roach, Jr., Hal Roach |
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| Writer: | George Baker, Mickell Novack, Joseph Frickert |
| Staring: |
| One Million B.C. is a 1940 American fantasy film produced by Hal Roach Studios and released by United Artists. It is also known by the titles Cave Man, Man and His Mate, and Tumak. The film stars Victor Mature as protagonist Tumak, a young cave man who strives to unite the uncivilized Rock Tribe and the peaceful Shell Tribe, Carole Landis as Loana, daughter of the Shell Tribe chief and Tumak's love interest, and Lon Chaney, Jr. as Tumak's stern father and leader of the Rock Tribe. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 05, 1940 |
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| Director: | Hal Roach, Jr., Hal Roach |
| Writer: | George Baker, Mickell Novack, Joseph Frickert |
| Genres: | Fantasy, Adventure, Action, Science Fiction |
| Keywords | new love, cave, cave painting, mammoth, volcano, challenge, fighter, bear, prehistory, dinosaur, cavemen, prehistoric man, caveman |
| Production Companies | Hal Roach Studios |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2025 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Victor Mature | Tumak |
| Carole Landis | Loana |
| Lon Chaney Jr. | Akhoba |
| John Hubbard | Ohtao |
| Mamo Clark | Nupondi |
| Inez Palange | Tohana |
| Edgar Edwards | Skakana |
| Nigel De Brulier | Peytow |
| Conrad Nagel | Narrator |
| Jacqueline Dalya | Ataf |
| Mary Gale Fisher | Wandi |
| Norman Budd | Rock Person |
| Harry Wilson | Rock Person |
| John Northpole | Rock Person |
| Lorraine Rivero | Rock Person |
| Harold Howard | Rock Person |
| Ricca Allen | Rock Person |
| Adda Gleason | Rock Person |
| Edward Coxen | Rock Person |
| Ben Hall | Shell Person |
| Creighton Hale | Shell Person |
| Audrey Manners | Shell Person |
| Rosemary Theby | Shell Person |
| Patricia Pope | Shell Person |
| Chuck Stubbs | Shell Person |
| Jimmy Boudwin | Shell Person |
| Ora May Carlson | Shell Person |
| James Coppedge | Rock Person |
| Kay Frye | Shell Person |
| Betty Greco | Rock Person |
| Aida Hernandez | Rock Person |
| Robert Kent | Mountain Guide |
| Boots Lebaron | Shell Person |
| Jean Porter | Shell Person - Loana's Sister |
| Dick Simmons | Shell Person |
| Henry Sylvester | Rock Person |
| Frank Tinajero | Rock Person |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Charles D. Hall | Art Direction |
| William Stevens | Set Decoration |
| Harry Black | Costume Design |
| George Baker | Screenplay |
| Hal Roach, Jr. | Director |
| Mickell Novack | Screenplay |
| Joseph Frickert | Screenplay |
| Werner R. Heymann | Original Music Composer |
| Norbert Brodine | Director of Photography |
| Ray Snyder | Editor |
| Hal Roach | Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Hal Roach | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 |
| 2024 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 3 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 3 |
| 2024 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
| 2024 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 3 |
| 2024 | 10 | 8 | 25 | 3 |
| 2024 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
| 2024 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Trending Position
Told by way of a retrospective, this is quite a fun story of prehistoric man and for once, Victor Mature is pretty much in his element. He plays "Tumak" who is exiled by his "Rock" tribe and takes refuge with the far more refined "Shell" people where he settles down and marries "Loana" (Carole Landi ... s). Unfortunately for him, he manages to get exiled from there too - so returns to his old tribe, with his new wife, and tries to pacify them and their nasty leader Lon Chaney Jr - all under the menacing threat of an active volcano. It has precious little dialogue for the star to chew his way through, and the special effects are actually quite decent - plenty of dinosaurs (lizards in close-up), wooly mammoths etc. with enough action to keep it moving along quite well until a lively conclusion.