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Director:
Writers:
Frances Marion (original story and screenplay)
Harry Hervey (additional dialogue)
Release Date:
26 January 1940 (USA) more
Plot:
A group of adventurers head deep into a South American jungle in search of ancient Incan treasure. A beautiful woman... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Should Been A Lot Better Than This! more (5 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | ... | Keith Brandon |
 | Joan Bennett | ... | Stephanie Richardson |
 | John Howard | ... | Hal Scott |
| George Sanders | ... | Forrester |
| Alan Hale | ... | Dr. Emil 'Nils' Loren |
| George Bancroft | ... | Jim 'Tex' Morgan |
 | Vincent Price | ... | David Richardson |
| Eugene Gericke | ... | Graham (as Gene Garrick) |
| Francis McDonald | ... | Gracco |
| Mala | ... | Mala (as Ray Mala) |
| Peter Bronte | ... | Santos |
| Lupita Tovar | ... | Native Girl |
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Runtime:
87 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Certification:
USA:Approved | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Argentina:13 | Finland:S | Sweden:15
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In later years co-star Vincent Price ridiculed the inanities in this film. After the Medved Brothers' book "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time" came out in the late 1970s, Price declared in an interview that he could not understand how they could not include "Green Hell." more
Goofs:
Continuity: Richardson is hit by two arrows which are at least two feet long. Back at camp, two comrades examine these arrows which are now about a foot long. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in The Mummy's Hand (1940) more
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With a cast that includes some big names (Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Joan Bennett) and a couple of guys who usually play fascinating villains (Vincent Price and George Sanders) you'd think this movie would be a lot more entertaining than it is. Also, for an adventure story of men going into the jungle to find lost gold from an ancient civilization might also spark added interest...but that didn't work, either.
Credibility is a big problem here, at least looking at this film 50-plus years after it was made. When you see South American natives that look and sound like they came right off the farm in Kansas, it's tough to take the movie seriously! The sets were pretty hokey, too, and the dialog was really corny.
This was another movie that started off strong and the quickly became horrible and stayed that way.