Rock Dean and Dr. Andrea Romar travel up the Amazon River to find out why the plantation workers have left their work in panic, allegedly because of attacks from Curucu, a monster who is ...
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Cast
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| John Bromfield | ... | Rock Dean | |
| Beverly Garland | ... | Dr. Andrea Romar | |
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Tom Payne | ... | Tupanico |
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Harvey Chalk | ... | Father Flaviano |
| Larri Thomas | ... | Vivian - the dancer | |
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Wilson Viana | ... | Tico |
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Frank Bevan | ||
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Sérgio de Oliveira | ... | Captain of Police |
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Roberto Aurel | ||
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Luz del Fuego | ... | Snake dancer |
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Rock Dean and Dr. Andrea Romar travel up the Amazon River to find out why the plantation workers have left their work in panic, allegedly because of attacks from Curucu, a monster who is said to live up the river where no white man has ever been before... Written by Mattias Thuresson
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Actually filmed in the Amazon Jungle in spectacular Eastman Color! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
December 1956 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Curucu, die Bestie vom Amazonas See more »Filming Locations:
Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA See more »Edit
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$155,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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2.00 : 1
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Captain of Police: A crocodile, perhaps?
Tupanico: A crocodile is no bird.
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After finishing Curucu, director Curt Siodmak discovered he had enough film leftover to make another movie, so he quickly wrote out a screenplay, got some of the actors from Curucu, and made the movie Love Slaves of the Amazons (1957). See more »Goofs
The scene after Rock Dean (John Bromfield) kills a python with his machete and then wipes the blood off the knife, is the same blood wiping scene after killing the leopard. See more »Quotes
Tupanico: A beast with claws like that of a giant bird.Captain of Police: A crocodile, perhaps?
Tupanico: A crocodile is no bird.
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I spend a lot of time trying to add lesser known 50's sci-fi titles to my ever growing collection. Unfortunately I came to this title. Cool title and stars Beverly Garland made by Universal - how could I miss? Although the poster looks great on this flick, find the strength to resist. The Brazilian locations are great and acting was acceptable but whoever wrote the script was a loser. This played out more like an episode of Scooby Doo(old man Smithers and all). The part that really killed me was that after they ruin the whole movie after 45 minutes, it goes on for another 35 minutes!! Seriously, for lesser known movies, check out Giant from the Unknown or Monster from Green Hell before you ever touch this garbage.