---
title: 'The Girl from Rio (1969)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jesús Franco'
released: '1969-03-14'
runtime_minutes: 84
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Science Fiction'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'United States'
  - 'Spain'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-girl-from-rio-1969'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062808/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Girl from Rio (1969)

1969 · R · 84 min · Science Fiction, Thriller · Germany, United States, Spain


## Synopsis

The Girl from Rio is a 1969 spy-fi film directed by Jess Franco and starring Shirley Eaton, Richard Wyler, George Sanders and Maria Rohm. Written and produced by Harry Alan Towers, the film follows a tribe of Amazonian women, as, led by their queen, they attack wealthy men as part of a long-term plan to take over the world. A co-production between West Germany, Spain and the United States, the film is a sequel to The Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967), and is based on Sax Rohmer's Sumuru character. Nevertheless, Sumuru's character is referred to as either "Sumitra" or "Sunanda".

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jesús Franco](https://cinepixo.com/people/jesus-franco)
- **Screenplay:** [Harry Alan Towers](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-alan-towers)
- **Producer:** [Harry Alan Towers](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-alan-towers)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Daniel White](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-white)
- **Director of Photography:** [Manuel Merino Rodríguez](https://cinepixo.com/people/manuel-merino-rodriguez)

## Cast

- [Herbert Fleischmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-fleischmann)
- [George Sanders](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-sanders)
- [Maria Rohm](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-rohm)
- [Richard Stapley](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-stapley)
- [Jesús Franco](https://cinepixo.com/people/jesus-franco)
- [Shirley Eaton](https://cinepixo.com/people/shirley-eaton) as Sumuru
- [Elisa Montés](https://cinepixo.com/people/elisa-montes)
- [Walter Rilla](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-rilla)

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