CAPTIVE WOMEN (1952) ¢ ¢ 1/2
D: Stuart Gilmore
Robert Clarke, Margaret Field, Gloria Saunders
Ron Randell, Stuart Randall, William Schallert
In the year 3000, the remaining inhabitants of New York City are divided into three tribes. The Upriver People are thugs. The Mutates are the disfigured descendants of those exposed to deadly radiation during a long-ago nuclear war. The Norms live in civilized harmony in the city's old underground subway system. Let's see, what else? The Mutates have remained true to their Judeo-Christian beliefs, while the Norms have reverted to devil worship. The Upriver People prey on the other tribes and enjoy killing and torture. The Mutates go on raids and kidnap Norm women, so they can mate with them. The Norms don't like that for some reason and treat the Mutates badly. What saves the Mutates is that they apparently live in New Jersey and commute to Manhattan through a tunnel under the Hudson River. Which is actually a pretty interesting setup for a pretty silly movie: a storybook sci-fi adventure for the dawn of the fourth millennium. Somebody involved in writing this must've read "The Time Machine".
