Sci Fi Saturday – The Wasp Women

This classic science fiction film from 1959 was directed and produced by Roger Corman (who also has a cameo role in the film, playing a doctor). To pad out the running time when the film was released to television two years later, a new prologue was added to the film by director Jack Hill.

From Hill's prologue, which did not appear in the film, we learn that a scientist, Dr. Eric Zinthrop, is fired from his job at a honey farm for experimenting with wasps.

Meanwhile, Janice Starlin, the founder and owner of a large cosmetics company, is disturbed when her firm's sales begin to drop. It seems that she alone has been the sole model for the cosmetics she sells but with years come age, an ememy of the cosmetics firms who strive for youthful products. But all of that changes when Ms. Starlin meets Dr. Zinthrop. Find out what happens in, The Wasp Women!

Cast

Susan Cabot as Janice Starlin

Fred Eisley as Bill Lane

Barboura Morris as Mary Dennison

William Roerick as Arthur Cooper

Michael Mark as Dr. Eric Zinthrop

Frank Gerstle as Les Hellman

Bruno VeSota as Night Watchman

Roy Gordon as Paul Thompson

Carolyn Hughes as Jean Carson

Lynn Cartwright as Maureen Reardon

Frank Wolff as Delivery Man

Lani Mars as Secretary

Philip Barry as Delivery Man

Roger Corman as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)