Amazon Quest (1949)

User Rating:

4.4/10   

Director:

Steve Sekely

Writers:

Irwin Gielgud (story)
Al Martin (screenplay)

Release Date:

10 May 1954 (Sweden)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Tagline:

Real Thrills! Actually Filmed on the Spot! In the Wilds of the Amazon!

Plot:

A young man travels to Brazil to claim his share of his father's rubber empire, and to find out exactly what happened to his father. |

Plot Keywords:

Brazil | Rubber | Jungle

Cast

Tom Neal	...	Thomas Dekker Jr.
Carole Mathews	...	Theresa Vasco
Carole Donne	...	Anna Narden
Don Zelaya	...	José Lobato
Ralph Graves	...	Anna's Attorney
Joseph Crehan	...	De Ruyter
Jack George	...	Judge
Joseph Granby	...	Mariano (as Joe Granby)
Edward Clark	...	Nicholas Handel
Julian Rivero	...	Vasco
Lester Sharpe	...	Clerk
Zacharias Yaconelli	...	Clerk (as Z. Yaconelli)
Don Dillaway	...	Guide
Cosmo Sardo	...	Ringleader
Paul Fierro	...	Lieutenant

Also Known As:

Amazon Quest (UK)

Runtime:

75 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Sweden:15

Company:

Max Alexander Productions

Trivia:

The film was cited in the famous California court opinion, Redwood Theatres, Inc. v. Festival Enterprises, Inc., 200 Cal.App.3d 687, 705 (1988), in a paragraph discussing how good and bad pictures affect movie theater economics.

Movie Connections:

Edited from Kautschuk (1938)