| Cobra Woman | |
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| Directed by | Robert Siodmak |
| Screenplay by | Gene Lewis Richard Brooks |
| Story by | Scott Darling |
| Produced by | George Waggner |
| Starring | Maria Montez Jon Hall Sabu Edgar Barrier Lois Collier Mary Nash Lon Chaney |
| Cinematography | W. Howard Greene |
| Edited by | Charles Maynard |
| Music by | Edward Ward |
Production company | Universal Pictures |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 71 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Cobra Woman is a 1944 American South Seas adventure film from Universal Pictures, directed by Robert Siodmak that stars Maria Montez, Jon Hall, and Sabu. Shot in Technicolor, this film is typical of Montez's career at Universal, and, although mostly forgotten today by the general public, is venerated by film buffs as a camp classic for its legendary phallic snake-dance and Montez's words: "Geev me that Cobra jewl (sic)".
Avant-garde filmmaker Kenneth Anger has called it his favorite film. Film critic Leonard Maltin gave the film three stars out of four and called it a camp classic.[2][3]
- ^ "Of Local Origin". New York Times. May 15, 1944. p. 15.
- ^ "Cobra Woman (1944) – Overview". TCM. Retrieved 2012-07-12.
- ^ Cobra Woman at Maria Montez fansite; accessed March 15, 2014.