''Manhunt in the Jungle'' is a 1958 American
adventure film
An adventure film is a form of adventure fiction, and is a genre of film. Subgenres of adventure films include swashbuckler films, pirate films, and survival films. Adventure films may also be combined with other film genres such as action, an ...
directed by Tom McGowan and written by Sam Mervin and
Owen Crump
The 18th AAF Base Unit (Motion Picture Unit), originally known as the First Motion Picture Unit, Army Air Forces, was the primary film production unit of the U.S. Army Air Forces (AAF) during World War II, and was the first military unit mad ...
. The film stars
Robin Hughes, Luis Álvarez, James Wilson, Jorge Montoro, Natalia Mazuelos and John B. Symmes. The film was released by
Warner Bros. on April 11, 1958.
Plot
Cast
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Robin Hughes as
Cmdr. George M. Dyott
*Luis Álvarez as Aloique
*James Wilson as
Col. P.H. Fawcett
*Jorge Montoro as Carissimo
*Natalia Mazuelos as Pedro's Wife
*John B. Symmes as John B. Symmes
*Richard McCloskey as Dr. Emmett Wilson
*Harry Knapp as Portuguese Explorer
*Emilio Meiners as Pedro
*Enrique González as Bernadino
*M. Torres Acho as Juan
*Alfonso Santilla as Julio
See also
*''
The Lost City of Z'' (2016)
References
External links
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1958 films
Warner Bros. films
American adventure drama films
1950s adventure drama films
Films set in South America
1958 drama films
1950s English-language films
1950s American films
English-language adventure drama films
Films scored by Howard Jackson (composer)
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