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River of Death

  • 1989
  • R
  • 1h 41m
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4.4/10
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Michael Dudikoff in River of Death (1989)
An adventurer (Hamilton) decides to go in search of the lost city in the Amazon jungle. A motley crew of other people with reasons of their own decide to join him for the wealth of the lost city. But to their horror they find out that they have bit off more than they can chew. What with a Nazi doctor still doing his experiments on people in the same place.
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An adventurer (Hamilton) decides to go in search of the lost city in the Amazon jungle. A motley crew of other people with reasons of their own decide to join him for the wealth of the lost ... Read allAn adventurer (Hamilton) decides to go in search of the lost city in the Amazon jungle. A motley crew of other people with reasons of their own decide to join him for the wealth of the lost city. But to their horror they find out that they have bit off more than they can chew. Wh... Read allAn adventurer (Hamilton) decides to go in search of the lost city in the Amazon jungle. A motley crew of other people with reasons of their own decide to join him for the wealth of the lost city. But to their horror they find out that they have bit off more than they can chew. What with a nazi doctor still doing his experiments on people in the same place.

  • Director
    • Steve Carver
  • Writers
    • Alistair MacLean
    • Andrew Deutsch
    • Edward Simpson
  • Stars
    • Michael Dudikoff
    • Donald Pleasence
    • Robert Vaughn
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    4.4/10
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    • Director
      • Steve Carver
    • Writers
      • Alistair MacLean
      • Andrew Deutsch
      • Edward Simpson
    • Stars
      • Michael Dudikoff
      • Donald Pleasence
      • Robert Vaughn
    • 30User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
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    Michael Dudikoff
    Michael Dudikoff
    • John Hamilton
    Donald Pleasence
    Donald Pleasence
    • Heinrich Spaatz
    Robert Vaughn
    Robert Vaughn
    • Dr. Wolfgang Manteuffel
    Herbert Lom
    Herbert Lom
    • Col. Ricardo Diaz
    L.Q. Jones
    L.Q. Jones
    • Eddie Hiller
    Sarah Maur Ward
    Sarah Maur Ward
    • Anna Blakesley
    • (as Sarah Maur Thorp)
    Cynthia Erland
    • Maria Schüster
    Foziah Davidson
    • Dalia
    Victor Melleney
    • Doc Blakesley
    Rufus Swart
    Rufus Swart
    • Pare
    Gordon Mulholland
    • Fanjul
    Alain D. Woolf
    • Serrano
    • (as Alain Woolf)
    Lindsay Reardon
    Lindsay Reardon
    • Kellner
    • (as Lindsey Reardon)
    Goliath Davids
    • The Shaman
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    Ian Yule
    • Long John Silver
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    • Capt. Schüster
    Erica Rogers
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    • Mavvie
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    • Young Maria Schüster
    • Director
      • Steve Carver
    • Writers
      • Alistair MacLean
      • Andrew Deutsch
      • Edward Simpson
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    • Trivia
      Michael Dudikoff had to be rushed to a hospital to have needles removed from one of his eyes.
    • Goofs
      The troops guarding Manteuffel's lab at the beginning of the film are improperly uniformed. They wear the Nazi party swastika armbands although they are clearly wearing Wehrmacht army uniforms. The armband was only worn by SS troops and Nazi officials and, by this point in the war, only with full dress uniforms and not in the field.
    • Soundtracks
      Guten Abend Mein Herr
      Music and Lyrics by Miles Shorter

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    6/10
    Unexciting Jungle Adventure
    Michael Dudikoff plays a freelance guide Hamilton, an expert in jungle expedition. While on his journey with a doctor and his daughter into the deep dangerous jungles of the Amazon, Hamilton, along with his clients, is attacked by indigenous primitive tribe of the mythical Lost City. The doctor is killed and the daughter captured.

    Barely escaping death, Hamilton manages to return to the outpost of the Amazon basin and report the incident to the chief police. The chief police warns him not to return to the jungle but Hamilton adamantly tries to find other ways to return and rescue the kidnapped doctor's daughter.

    As fate would have it he looks for his associate - an ex-WW II pilot who then introduces him to a wealthy businessman and his friends who want Hamilton to lead their journey into the Lost City. Hamilton accepts their offer after striking a lucrative deal. With an addition of several vested interests tagging along, Hamilton heads back into the perilous Amazon jungles to search for the Lost City and rescue his dead client's daughter.

    Based on Alistair MacLean's novel, this adventure film fails to keep audience interested much less thrilled. Regardless of the time you watch it, you will doze off halfway through the film or keep wanting to check the remaining run time on the screen. This is worth watching only for Dudikoff's die-hard fans.

    Try watching River of Death in one sitting if you are experiencing sleepless nights. It may be an effective method of sleep therapy.
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    • Release date
      • September 29, 1989 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • La rivière de la mort
    • Filming locations
      • South Africa
    • Production companies
      • Breton Film Productions
      • Cannon International
      • Pathe Communications
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $535,031
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 41 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Ultra Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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