''Amazons'' is a 1986 Argentine-American

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directed by Alejandro Sessa and starring Penelope Reed, Danitza Kingsley,

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, Ty Randolph, and Jacques Arndt. The screenplay was written by

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, based on his short story ''Agbewe’s Sword'', which first appeared in the 1979 anthology '' Amazons!'' The short story is included as part of the series Dossouye, about the real-life female warriors of the West African

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, gathered together in a novel published by Saunders in 2008.Fiction Review: Dossouye by Charles R. Saunders
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Plot

''Amazons'' is an epic story that follows a legendary tribe of warrior women from a mythical time.

Cast

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... Dyala (as Windsor Taylor Randolph) * Penelope Reed ... Tashi *

... Kalungo * Danitza Kingsley ... Tashinge * Wolfram Hecht ... Matlin (as Wolfram Hoechst) * ... High Priest * Charles Finch ... Timar * Francisco Cocuzza ... Baliguri (as Frank Cocza) * Santiago Mallo ... Halfhead * Anita Larronde ... Emerald Queen (as Annie Larronde) * Armando Capo ... Hitron (as Armand Capó) * Maria Fournery ... Vishiti (as Mary Fournery) * Nöelle Balfour ... Lati * Esther Velázquez ... Azundati * Marcos Woinsky ... Artan (as Marc Woinsky) * Fabiana Smith ... Lioness (Akam) * William Reta ... Guard * Lena Marie Johansson ... Female Noble #1 * Linda Guzmán ... Female Noble #2

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* * 1986 films 1980s fantasy adventure films American fantasy adventure films Films produced by Roger Corman High fantasy films American sword and sorcery films 1980s Spanish-language films Films about witchcraft Argentine fantasy adventure films English-language Argentine films 1980s English-language films 1980s American films 1980s Argentine films {{fantasy-film-stub