![]() I will say right now that the underwater photography is expertly done, with a professionalism you wouldn’t expect in a low-budget picture like this, and the aquatic toplessness is diverting… for a while. What follows is about twenty minutes of unadulterated ogling, dressed up like exploration, as Rowe follows the Merbabes into their briny homeland. No wonder this was popular on Army bases. Some have fish tails, some wear seaweed bikini bottoms, but all are topless and blessed by nature. ![]() Rowe (who also narrates, like Lloyd Bridges in Sea Hunt) gets there first, and after many long, extended, lengthy, leisurely interminable minutes of looking at water, he comes across a race of Mermaids. He charters a boat with skipper Jose Gonzales Gonzales and sets off for Tiburon, right behind our hero.Īt which point the action slows a bit-to put it mildly. They arrange to meet in Mexico, but when Rowe gets there Mylong is missing, amid signs of violence in his Hotel Room.Įnter Timothy Carey as a bad guy in possession of Mylong’s maps and a trunk large enough to hold a body. James Samuelson (played by stuntman George Robotham, here under the name George Rowe) is contacted by a mysterious scientist-guy (John Mylong, the scientist-guy in Robot Monster) for help exploring the waters off the island of Tiburon, apparently chock-full of pearls and mysterious sea critters. Written, produced & directed by John Lamb.Ī real oddity, released, re-released and re-edited in sundry permutations (including the title The Aqua Sex) over the years by auteur John Lamb, and a big hit on Army Bases.ĭiver and all-around Deep Sea Honcho Dr. George Robotham, Diane Webber, Gaby Martone, Timothy Carey, Jose Gonzales-Gonzales, and John Mylong. MERMAIDS OF TIBURON Pacific Productions, 1962. ![]()
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