Green Fire (1954)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Andrew Marton

Writers:

Ivan Goff (written by) and
Ben Roberts (written by)

Release Date:

29 December 1954 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama

Tagline:

JUNGLE PROWLER! Sleek jungle jaguar with death in its fangs!

Plot:

Rian Mitchell discovers an emerald deposit in South America, but gets chased away before he can start to mine...

Plot Keywords:

Love | Emerald | Coffee | Mine | Plantation

Cast

Stewart Granger	...	Rian X. Mitchell
Grace Kelly	...	Catherine Knowland
Paul Douglas	...	Vic Leonard
John Ericson	...	Donald Knowland
Murvyn Vye	...	El Moro
José Torvay	...	Manuel (as Jose Torvay)
Robert Tafur	...	Father Ripero
Joe Dominguez	...	Jose
Nacho Galindo	...	Officer Perez
Charlita	...	Dolores
Natividad Vacío	...	Hernandez
Rico Alaniz	...	Antonio
Paul Marion	...	Roberto
Bobby Dominguez	...	Juan

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor) (as Eastman Color)

Aspect Ratio:

2.55 : 1

Sound Mix:

4-Track Stereo (Western Electric Sound System) (magnetic prints) | Mono (optical prints)

Certification:

UK:U | Finland:K-12 (1966) | Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #17080, General Audience) | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Soundtrack:

Green Fire

American miners off to adventure in foreign lands

Stewart Granger is Rian Mitchell, who finds the famous lost mine which is supposed to be just filled with emeralds, thus the name of the film, "Green Fire", from MGM. At first, his partner Vic (Paul Douglas ) isn't interested, and just wants to take a regular job in Canada, but ends up staying. At one point, to try to win money, Rian plays a game called Tejo, which seems to be a game of aim. One pitches a disk at a sandbox, which contains a small ball of clay which has a bullet or some explosive under it; you know you have hit it right on the head when it explodes and bursts into the air. Of course, the explosives are handled by a young kid..... where is Child Protective Services ? I looked up the game up on yahoo.com, and it seems to be a real game in Columbia. The miners get intertwined with the American owners of a plantation, as well as with Father Ripero (Robert Tafur) who seems to be on their side, bandits, and of course, a mariachi band, which was quite talented - couldn't find them listed in cast or music/sound credits... too bad. This story is quite similar to "Elephant Walk" (Paramount studios), which also came out in 1954 - Americans travel to foreign land, and take on nature. Not bad... better than I thought it would be. Filmed in cinemascope, ratio of 2.55 to 1, so it's shown in letterbox on TCM.