I really couldn't tell if he's on the location shoots there because most of his films are either in carts that could have been filmed anywhere or in theaters or other indoor sets. but for those lucky enough to have actually gone to Tangier, I hope they enjoyed the beauty of the location. It certainly beats the plot surrounding those sites.

This is a story of white slavery, girls kidnapped and forced into prostitution, and the efforts of visitor George Nader to help find a missing friend. He is chased around Tanger by two men in black (humorously borrowing a blasting water hose from someone washing their boat),then finds out that his wife has been kidnapped and well I'm here being prepared for a life in the House of a thousand dolls.

This never gets any more risky than showing a few women in their undies, often in comical way. give this film some credit for interesting photography, some angles that clearly were inspired by Hitchcock. A fight on a long staircase is particularly memorable. but the film itself has a ridiculously bad screenplay, having incidents occur that have had nothing seem to lead up to them, and even Price's participation as one of the top men behind the house never rings to be completely true.

Price does a brief magic act with his wife, basically an insipid style of magic you seen a thousand times, one for each doll. the film is boring and often stagnant, and some of the characters who pop in and out of the action are extremely obnoxious, particularly the harsh looking woman in charge of the kidnapped women and the persistent photographer who keeps harassing Nader in an early scene. If it wasn't for Price, Nader and the location photography, I would have ranked this as a complete bomb.

At the beginning of "La casa de las mil munecas" (called "The House of 1,000 Dolls" in English),we get told that this is a tale of white slavery. I must ask: aren't people concerned when non-whites get enslaved? It just seems to me that they should have concentrated on black slavery, or shown white people and other races getting enslaved. And although I really like Vincent Price, it's sort of distracting to have him as the man running the brothel; you keep expecting to quote Edgar Allan Poe or something.

So, this movie isn't awful, it just takes a weird approach to everything. There are much better movies out there, and if they wanted to show a bunch of hot young women, they could have done it differently.

A married couple, Stephen (George Nader of "Robot Monster"),and Maria (Ann Smyrner, "Reptilicus") run into their old friend Fernando (Sancho Gracia, "800 Bullets") in Tangiers. He's searching for his vanished girlfriend, and has tracked her there. Her disappearance has everything to do with a novelty act, consisting of a man who calls himself an illusionist, Felix Manderville (Vincent Price),and his supposedly psychic wife, Rebecca (Martha Hyer, "Pyro"). It's up to Stephen to save the day, and although he has little to no use for police, the local Inspector (Wolfgang Kieling, "Torn Curtain") always manages to make his presence known.

"House of 1000 Dolls" has an agreeably ridiculous plot revolving around white slavery, credited (on the American release version) to producer Harry Alan Towers' pseudonym "Peter Welbeck". A great film it's not, but it's a striking, visually appealing diversion just the same, shot in Technicolor and Techniscope. You just have to put your brain in neutral. The laughs are there, and it's not overtly violent. A substantial portion of the attraction lies in the exotic setting and the assortment of international young beauties.

Prices' role and performance aren't among his best, or most interesting, but it's still fun to watch him in action. Nader is a stiff hero, but Maria Rohm ("Count Dracula" '70) is enticing as Diane, the love of Fernandos' life. Yelena Samarina ("The Werewolf vs. Vampire Woman") is a hilarious standout with her portrayal of Madame Viera. Herbert Fux ("Mark of the Devil") quickly wears out his welcome as the character Abdu.

Enjoyable enough to watch for people who love European trash.

Six out of 10.