X312 - Flight to Hell
(1971)
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X312 - Flight to Hell
(1971)
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Tom Nilson - Reporter
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Gila von Weitershausen | ... |
Miss Steffi
(as Gila v. Weitershausen)
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Hans Hass Jr. | ... |
Carlos Rivas
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Fernando Sancho | ... |
Bill - Steward /
Paco
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Esperanza Roy | ... |
Annamaria Vidal
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Ewa Strömberg | ... |
Mrs. Wilson
(as Ewa Stroemberg)
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Siegfried Schürenberg | ... |
Bankpräsident Alberto Rupprecht
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Howard Vernon | ... |
Pedro
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Paul Muller | ... |
John Somers
(as Paul Müller)
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A plane leaving the turmoil of a South American country in the midst of a revolution crash-lands in the Amazon jungle in Brazil. Among the passengers are a corrupt banker who is smuggling diamonds out of the country, a reporter, a mysterious beauty and a shady flight attendant. The survivors find themselves up against not only the dangers of the jungle itself but a band of headhunters and a gang of revolutionaries who are looking for the smuggled diamonds. Written by frankfob2@yahoo.com
This movie has recently been released on DVD in the US. Fortunately they used the German language version so they avoided the dreadful English synchronisation that is common for these type of movies.
Still, it's not a very good movie. It has been clearly made very fast and it seems they only had enough money to go to South America to shoot some footage (although it might also be archive footage now I come to think of it).
The story is simple and not very original: a plane crashes in the jungle and among the survivors is a bank president carrying a suitcase with stolen jewelry. As soon as the other passengers find out they start fighting while trying to survive in the Brazilian jungle.
Typical Franco elements are still there but not as numerous as they normally are; of course you'll see most of the women in this movie naked and there's a lesbian lovescene; Franco's love of zooming in and out on irrelevant details is apparent several times; and Franco regulars have small roles, I saw Paul Müller, Ewa Stroemberg, Howard Vernon, Beni Cardosi and Franco himself passing by on the screen.
Unfortunately this is not a movie to remember, and not a good place to start if you want to witness the genius of Jesus F.