'The Seven Men of Sumuru') 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.
Sunanda tortures Jeff to reveal the location of the hidden millions, using a radiation machine that causes a slow and painful death.
As Rio readies itself for Carnival, Sir Macius has Lesley carry a message to Sunanda, offering Sutton in return for half of her fortune.
Entering Rio in costume, Sunanda and her soldiers capture Ulla and Irene, Sir Macius's accountant, and orders Jeff to surrender himself to save their lives.
Before Jeff can be fatally tortured, Femina falls under attack by a squadron of helicopters, a strike force of Sir Macius.
In the final scene, Sunanda is shown to have survived the fall of Femina, and now leads a troop of black-clad women board a ship leaving Rio.
[2] It was one of several productions between Towers and director Jesús Franco shot between 1967 and 1970, leading the two to develop several spy, adventure, and horror films together.
[6] Franco had previously developed films with similar plots where women try to overthrow a patriarchal society, such as Kiss Me Monster (1969).
[9] From contemporary reviews, a critic in the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia found that Franco "has not achieved here the precise rhythm of the action movie" finding that "many sequences borders on monotony.
The review concluded that "Correct execution and good photography includes splendid exteriors and a dynamic treatment that makes the fantastic story more bearable.
"[9] From retrospective reviews, Vic Pratt wrote in Sight & Sound found that along with Franco's The Bloody Judge, the film "amply demonstrate the director's ability to produce dynamic exploitation cinema".