The head of a major cosmetics company experiments on herself with a youth formula made from royal jelly extracted from wasps, but the formula's side effects have deadly consequences.The head of a major cosmetics company experiments on herself with a youth formula made from royal jelly extracted from wasps, but the formula's side effects have deadly consequences.The head of a major cosmetics company experiments on herself with a youth formula made from royal jelly extracted from wasps, but the formula's side effects have deadly consequences.
- Bill Lane
- (as Fred Eisley)
- Night Watchman
- (as Bruno Ve Sota)
- Second Delivery Man
- (as Phillip Barry)
- Bit
- (uncredited)
- Doctor in the Hospital
- (uncredited)
- Renfrew - Beekeeper
- (uncredited)
- Mr. Barker - Front Office Executive
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaSusan Cabot'x character plays a woman who takes wasp "royal jelly enzyme" to stay younger. In real life, Cabot suffered from mental illness. She reportedly tried to treat it with human growth hormone, which her son took for dwarfism, but it may have exacerbated her illness. Her son later killed her, reportedly in self-defense after she attacked him during a mental breakdown.
- GoofsWhen the Doctor makes the guinea pigs younger, the supposedly younger, smaller guinea pigs are in fact lab rats.
- Quotes
First Delivery Man: Hi, pretty puss! You know where, um... Miss Starlin's office is?
Maureen Reardon: [aloof] Suite number one.
First Delivery Man: [giggles] La-di-dah! The Duchess of Flatbush, herself.
Maureen Reardon: How'd you like to have this phone wrapped around your ear? Wiseguy.
First Delivery Man: That's more like it, sister.
[to his colleague]
First Delivery Man: Suite number one.
- Alternate versionsWhen the film was sold to television in 1962 it featured additional footage featuring Michael Mark that was not in the original theatrical release.
- ConnectionsEdited into Haunted Hollywood: The Wasp Woman (2016)
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- Dec 1, 2002
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- Budget
- $50,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 3 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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