An adventurer searchers for hidden treasure in the Peruvian jungles.An adventurer searchers for hidden treasure in the Peruvian jungles.An adventurer searchers for hidden treasure in the Peruvian jungles.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Booth Colman
- Juan Fernandez
- (uncredited)
Fritz Ford
- Tourist
- (uncredited)
Martin Garralaga
- Dr. Cesar Perez
- (uncredited)
Geraldine Hall
- Mrs. Richmond
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis film is often cited as a direct inspiration for the Indiana Jones franchise of films, with many of the scenes in "Secret of the Incas" bearing a striking resemblance in tone and structure to scenes in "Raiders of the Lost Ark". Throughout the film, the main character, Harry Steele, can be seen wearing the "Indiana Jones" outfit - brown leather jacket, fedora, tan trousers, and revolver.
- GoofsRegarding Machu Picchu, the famous Incan ruins in Peru, Charlton Heston's character, Harry Steele, tells Elena, "It's an ancient city of the Incas. It's been lost for over a thousand years". In reality, Machu Picchu was built around 1450, and rediscovered in the early 1900's, making it "lost" for a bit less than 500 years.
- Quotes
Miss Morris: [to Harry Steele] For a tall man, you're the smallest man I ever met.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Top 10 Dumbest Indiana Jones Moments (2009)
- SoundtracksVirgin of the Sun God
(uncredited)
Written by Moises Vivanco
Performed by Yma Sumac
Arranged and Conducted by Les Baxter
Featured review
Persistent memory from childhood of final scene
The sunlight coming into the cave reflecting off the golden 'mirror' that Heston holds that then reveals the location of the treasure of the Incas remains in my mind as one of the most persistent movie memories from when I was nine years old in 1954 watching the film at the Bing Theater in Springfield, MA. Years later, Steven Spielberg seems to have been influenced by that image and includes a similar scene in "Raiders of the Lost Ark". I can't help but think that Mr. Speilberg must also have seen the "Secret" fresh on the big screen when he was a child. And I cannot find the movie at any, as yet, visited video store to rent it and thereby return to the marvelous scenes of the Andes and the stirring sounds of singer Ima Sumac's four-octave range present at least once in the film. All other movie book references to Heston's work seem to omit this forgotten 'gem' of an enjoyable film that filled one memorable Saturday afternoon at the neighborhood cinema.
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- jim_harris
- Sep 21, 2002
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,400,000
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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