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Ronald V. Ashcroft was born on 16 February 1923 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. He was an editor and producer, known for Like Wow! (1961), The Astounding She-Monster (1957) and Girl with an Itch (1958).
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- December 14, 1988
Producer/director Ronnie Ashcroft used his wife, Lorraine, as Shirley Kilpatrick’s stunt double to keep expenses down (the entire movie cost just $18,000). Released in the UK as The Mysterious Invader, the movie – which screened in many US cinemas as a double feature with Viking Women and the Sea Serpent – is listed among “The 100 Most Amusingly Bad Movies Ever Made” in The Official ...
Feb 12, 2014 · Critic Rob Craig has cleverly noted that these are also the initials of Ronnie V. Ashcroft, hinting at another possible connection between the two men. After Virgins , Perry would go on to direct a dozen more flicks over the next 20 years, almost always in softcore, with such rather well-remembered titles as The Notorious Daughter of Fanny Hill (1966), My Tale is Hot (1964), and Kiss Me Quick!
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Gangsters Nat Burdell (Kenne Duncan) and Brad Conley (Ewing Miles Brown) kidnap wealthy socialite Margaret Chaffee (Marilyn Harvey) and, joined by gun moll Esther Malone (Jeanne Tatum), head for the San Gabriel Mountains to await the ransom they've demanded from Chaffee's father. That night, geologist Dick Cutler (Robert Clarke) sees what he thinks...
Kenne Duncanas Nat BurdellMarilyn Harveyas Margaret ChaffeeJeanne Tatumas Esther MaloneThe film was picked up for distribution by American International Pictures (AIP) and issued as half of one of its double feature programs. Edward D. Wood, Jr. was an unofficial "consultant" on the film. Ashcroft and Wood knew each other, Ashcroft having been assistant director on Wood's Night of the Ghouls. The working titles of The Astounding She-...
The Astounding She-Monster was released in American theaters on April 10, 1958 by American International Pictures on a double feature with Roger Corman's The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent. When the movie was released in the UK, under the title The Mysterious Invader, it was distributed by Anglo-Ama...
Perhaps because The Astounding She-Monster was a low-budget second feature on a double bill, contemporary reviews of it are difficult to locate. Warren reproduces in his book parts of two reviews from the time the movie was playing in theaters. He notes that while The Monthly Film Bulletingave the movie its lowest rating and called it a "feeble and...
The Astounding She-Monster is a 1957 science fiction horror film starring Robert Clarke and directed, written and produced by Ronald V. Ashcroft. The film focuses on a scientist and a gang who have kidnapped a rich heiress and their encounter with an alien who has crashed to Earth. In the UK, it was released as Mysterious Invader.
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The Astounding She-Monster is a 1958 science fiction horror film starring Robert Clarke and directed, co-written and produced by Ronnie Ashcroft for Hollywood International Productions. The film focuses on a geologist, a gang which has kidnapped a rich heiress, and their encounter with a beautiful but deadly femae alien who has crashed to Earth. In the UK, it was released as The Mysterious ...
