Green Fire (1954)

Rian Mitchell discovers an emerald deposit in South America, but gets chased away before he can start to mine. He tricks his partner, Vic, into returning to the site. While there, he meets ... See full summary »

Director:

Andrew Marton

Writers:

Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts

Stars:

Stewart Granger, Grace Kelly, Paul Douglas

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Stewart Granger	...	Rian X. Mitchell
Grace Kelly	...	Catherine Knowland
Paul Douglas	...	Vic Leonard
John Ericson	...	Donald Knowland
Murvyn Vye	...	El Moro
José Torvay	...	Manuel (as Jose Torvay)
Robert Tafur	...	Father Ripero
Joe Dominguez	...	Jose
Nacho Galindo	...	Officer Perez
Charlita	...	Dolores
Natividad Vacío	...	Hernandez
Rico Alaniz	...	Antonio
Paul Marion	...	Roberto
Bobby Dominguez	...	Juan

Storyline

Rian Mitchell discovers an emerald deposit in South America, but gets chased away before he can start to mine. He tricks his partner, Vic, into returning to the site. While there, he meets Catherine and Donald Knowland, siblings who run a coffee plantation. Rian falls for Catherine and is torn between his love for her and his love for the "green fire" of emeralds.

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Plot Keywords:

love | emerald | partner | coffee | plantation | 

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Taglines:

Lovely GRACE KELLY in a new kind of man-danger!

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 December 1954 (USA)

Also Known As:

Grünes Feuer

Filming Locations:

Colombia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

4-Track Stereo (Western Electric Sound System) (magnetic prints) Mono (optical prints)

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor) (as Eastman Color)

Aspect Ratio:

2.55 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When the landslide happens outside the mine entrance, Rian pushes Vic out of the way and they both fall down a couple feet away from each other, the next scene is after the rock fall and they are getting up, only Rian is partially on top of Vic.

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Soundtracks

"Maringá"
by Joubert de Carvalho

User Reviews

American miners off to adventure in foreign lands

Stewart Granger is Rian Mitchell, who finds the famous lost mine which is supposed to be just filled with emeralds, thus the name of the film, "Green Fire", from MGM. At first, his partner Vic (Paul Douglas ) isn't interested, and just wants to take a regular job in Canada, but ends up staying. At one point, to try to win money, Rian plays a game called Tejo, which seems to be a game of aim. One pitches a disk at a sandbox, which contains a small ball of clay which has a bullet or some explosive under it; you know you have hit it right on the head when it explodes and bursts into the air. Of course, the explosives are handled by a young kid..... where is Child Protective Services ? I looked up the game up on yahoo.com, and it seems to be a real game in Columbia. The miners get intertwined with the American owners of a plantation, as well as with Father Ripero (Robert Tafur) who seems to be on their side, bandits, and of course, a mariachi band, which was quite talented

• couldn't find them listed in cast or music/sound credits... too bad.

This story is quite similar to "Elephant Walk" (Paramount studios), which also came out in 1954 - Americans travel to foreign land, and take on nature. Not bad... better than I thought it would be. Filmed in cinemascope, ratio of 2.55 to 1, so it's shown in letterbox on TCM.