Valley of Mystery (1967)

A Meridian Airlines flight from Miami to Caracas crashes in the Venezuelan jungle, stranding 130 passengers and crew in hostile surroundings.

Director:

Joseph Lejtes

Writers:

Lowell Barrington, Richard Neal

Stars:

Richard Egan, Peter Graves, Joby Baker

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Richard Egan	...	Wade Cochran
Peter Graves	...	Ben Barstow
Joby Baker	...	Pete Patton
Lois Nettleton	...	Rita Brown
Harry Guardino	...	Danny O'Neill
Julie Adams	...	Joan Simon
Fernando Lamas	...	Francisco Rivera
Alfred Ryder	...	Dr. Weatherly
Karen Sharpe	...	Connie Lane
Barbara Werle	...	Ann Dickson
Lee Patterson	...	Dino Doretti
Rodolfo Acosta	...	Manuel Sanchez
Douglas Kennedy	...	Charles Kiley
Don Stewart	...	Jim Walker
Leonard Nimoy	...	Spence Atherton

Storyline

A Meridian Airlines flight from Miami to Caracas crashes in the Venezuelan jungle, stranding 130 passengers and crew in hostile surroundings.

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Plot Keywords:

burning village | guitar | human sacrifice | missionary | novelist | 

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Taglines:

They Crash Into a Valley of Terror!

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Genres:

Action | Adventure

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 September 1967 (West Germany)

Also Known As:

Stranded

Filming Locations:

Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal TV

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This TV movie began life as an unsold television series pilot for NBC called "Stranded". The network liked the film enough to add forty minutes to its original running time, with new scenes shot to enhance Lois Nettleton's role, and changing the pilot's necessarily open-ended conclusion for a more conventional finish.

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Quotes

Ben Barstow: This is a jungle, not a county park.

User Reviews

Schlock

A jetliner with 130 souls on board crashes in the jungles of Venezuela, so far off its flight plan that no one is ever likely to find the survivors. They must shift for themselves. It's an old premise that can still work given the proper treatment but this made-for-TV movie -- originally a pilot for a projected series -- is so tired and lifeless that it can't even qualify as "fun." Those with nothing better to do can watch a cast of left-overs and washed-ups and might-have-beens traipse around an utterly unconvincing jungle, engaging in the hokiest of subplots and back-stories, but even this barely-better-than-nothing activity quickly wears thin. Richard Egan plays the flight's captain but if you're hoping to see him take his shirt off, you will be disappointed. Even in the jungle, his uniform shirt remains white, crisp, tidy, and buttoned up.