screenshots / Caveman / 1981 Turman-Foster Company

Prehistoric comedy stars Ringo Starr (as Atouk), Shelley Long (as Tala) and Dennis Quaid (as Lar).

The films opens with the date "One Zillion B.C. - October 9th" (songwriter John Lennon was born on the 9th of October).

Cast as a caveman, actor Nicolás Jasso has also appeared in the films Soldier Blue (1970) and Apocalypto (2006).

Raúl Martínez also previously appeared in 1970's Soldier Blue in addition to The Scalphunters (1968) and Sorceress (1982).

Actress Barbara Bach (as Lana) appeared in the 1979 films The Island of the Fishmen and The Great Alligator, and later married Ringo Starr in 1981.

Stop-motion animator Jim Danforth (When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth, Clash of the Titans) was uncredited for his work on the film's special effects.

Filming locations in Mexico include the Sierra de Órganos National Park, Sombrerete, Zacatecas and at Estudios Churubusco, Mexico City.

Nicolás Jasso passed on December 8, 2008.

Raúl Martínez passed on December 23, 2017.