American adventurer gets involved in archaeological artifact smuggling and treasure hunting in Mexico.American adventurer gets involved in archaeological artifact smuggling and treasure hunting in Mexico.American adventurer gets involved in archaeological artifact smuggling and treasure hunting in Mexico.
Julio Villarreal
- Ulbaldo Navarro
- (as Julio Villareal)
Douglass Dumbrille
- Consul
- (as Douglas Dumbrille)
Mona Barrie
- Tourist
- (uncredited)
Victorio Blanco
- Waiter
- (uncredited)
Juan García
- Bartender
- (uncredited)
Margarito Luna
- Tacho
- (uncredited)
Carlos Múzquiz
- Museum Curator
- (uncredited)
Manuel Vergara 'Manver'
- Man Playing Cards
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaGlenn Ford turned down the lead role in Hondo (1953) because he had not enjoyed working with director John Farrow on this film.
- GoofsDouglass Dumbrille's name is misspelled in the credits as "Douglas."
- Crazy creditsPlunder of the Sun was filmed in its entirety in Mexico in the Zapotecan ruins of Mitla and Monte Alban. We wish to express our gratitude to the wonderful people of Oaxaca, Veracruz and the Churubusco-Azteca Studios in Mexico City for their help and cooperation.
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Not much of David Dodge's novel remains in this film version, other than the names of some of the characters and the basic plot. American insurance investigator Al Colby is hired to smuggle a package out of Havana and into Oaxaca, Mexico. When the man who hired him is murdered aboard ship, Colby decides to find out what he is carrying and why it is worth killing for. Unscrupulous antiquities dealers, disgraced archaeologists, and desperate women all clash in a search for buried Zapotecan treasure. Glenn Ford is serviceable as Al Colby, but the plot is murky, the characters are under-developed, and the location is inexplicably changed from Peru to Mexico. Although it is long out-of-print, copies of the book are still relatively easy to find (unlike prints of this film, which is still tied up in Wayne estate litigation), and reading the book is a much better use of one's time.
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- Mar 19, 2004
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- Das geheimnisvolle Testament
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- Gross US & Canada
- $1,000,000
- Runtime1 hour 21 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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