Universal, 1944
Directed by Robert Siodmak
The voluptuous Maria Montez is what this film is about. She was born Maria Africa Vidal de Santo Silas, which was a bit lengthy for a theater marque. In real life/death she even died in a sexy way by suffering a fatal heart attack in her bath tub at the age of 31. Actually I do love this movie better than her other films. Though I was disappointed to learn that Sabu was not the lovable chimp, but was in fact some lousy teenager named Karapur Mysore, and Nadja (Maria M.) didn't turn into a real cobra and go on a killing rampage. There is a 1955 film called Cult of the Cobra in which Faith Domergue had the ability to turn into an actual cobra, but Faith, in my opinion, isn't nearly as alluring Maria.
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