They are nearly dead from dehydration and sunburn when discovered by Frank, an American oil surveyor, and his Mexican companion, Pepe.

Grant starts narrating his story to "Doc" Tucker, foreman Dan Mulcahey, and Pepe.

Aranya has reportedly penned "brilliant" scientific treatises, and Masterson looks forward to meeting him.

They were heading to Mexico for their wedding day, but their private airplane had engine problems and stranded them there.

He heads for Jan's private airplane and forces pilot Grant to prepare for takeoff despite the latter's protests that only one engine is fully functional.

The aircraft departs with Doreen, George, Grant, Jan, Masterson, and Wu aboard.

[4] When the producers had difficulty securing a distributor for the Tevos footage, it was sold to Howco Productions Inc. in the spring of 1952, with Ron Ormond assigned to direct additional material.

It makes use of flamenco guitar and piano, combined in an apparent free jazz style.

[2][9] The narrator Lyle Talbot also appeared in several films by Wood, including Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959), as did the "spider-woman" actresses Dolores Fuller and Mona McKinnon.

[12] The spider prop used in Mesa of Lost Women was limited in movement, a single jump being its only action feat.

[12] The film was distributed in the United States by Howco Productions Inc. and reissued in 1956 through Ron Ormond Enterprises.

The movie has been criticized for its low-quality production and acting, most notably that of Harmon Stevens and Jackie Coogan.

The loud and repetitive musical score by Hoyt S. Curtin, melding flamenco guitar and piano, is described variously as maddening and "very able, a sustained inspiration".

The direction is incompetent in a decidedly Ed Wood style: The camera is never in a good position and every insert and cutaway is awkward," adding that the "ridiculously complicated plot hides the fact that nothing really happens," and that the "film [has] lapses in judgment that boggle the mind.