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Title: Curucu, Beast of the Amazon (1956)
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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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Sérgio de Oliveira | ... | Captain of Police |
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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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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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Captain of Police: A crocodile, perhaps?
Tupanico: A crocodile is no bird.
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Director Curt Siodmak said of this film, "I shot it down there [in Brazil], in the jungles. I never recovered, physically". See more »Goofs
The movie shows a herd of Asian Water Buffalo in the Amazon Basin. The buffalo are not native to South America. They are from Southeast Asia and India. 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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Good thing the producers went up the Amazon River for location shots, because headline monster Curucu amounts to a big lump of moldy cheese. Then too, for some unknown reason the screenplay tips its hand halfway through, killing what little suspense there is. But we do get a good look at comely Beverly Garland getting menaced by about everything that creeps, crawls, or oozes through the jungle. Plus, she confirms her title as the Queen of Scream with at least three ear blasters. Good thing hunky John Bromfield is on hand to handle the hero stuff. Still, the movie was something of a treat for 1956, that is, before color TV made such travelogues everyday fare. Now the movie is little more than a very obscure curiosity.
(In passing-- Catch the script's sneaky probing of modernity. Tupanico {Payne} wonders whether the Indians really are better off after entering the white man's money economy. Unless I missed something, the probing is surprisingly left unresolved. It's a provocative note in an otherwise sloppy script.)