Aram Katcher, an actor, director, and writer, made significant contributions to cult cinema, particularly in the 1960s. He is known for his performance in The Right Hand of the Devil (1963), where he also took on the roles of writer and director, blending his creative talents to shape the film's narrative. Katcher's versatility is further highlighted in The Female Animal (1958) and The Perils of Pauline (1967), where he navigates the complexities of genre cinema. His work in Cat in the Cage (1978) continues to reflect his enduring presence in the world of exploitation and grindhouse films.
The Perils of Pauline
This version of the Perils of Pauline (recognizable from the others by it's song "Where are you my pretty Pauline...I love you my pretty Pauline) follows the story of Pauline from her being found on the doorstep of the orphanage to being a tutor to a crazy 12 year old prince in India who wants to make her the start of his harem, on to being frozen in a block of ice, traveling through the jungle where both a gorilla and a big game hunter fall in love with her, almost getting married, various other hijinks, and finally at the end in a boat with the love of her life. Throughout it all she is constantly in peril from one thing or another, crocodiles, hippos, car accidents, drowning, you name it. Even at the very end the crazed big game hunter is in a scuba suit sneaking up under the boat and drilling a hole in its hull.
