''Samar'' is a 1962 film. It was written and directed by and stars
George Montgomery. It also starred
Gilbert Roland
Luis Antonio Dámaso de Alonso (December 11, 1905 – May 15, 1994), known professionally as Gilbert Roland, was a Mexican-born American film and television actor whose career spanned seven decades from the 1920s until the 1980s. He was twice no ...
.
Plot
Spain rules the
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
with an iron hand in the 1870's and uses the island of
Samar
Samar ( ) is the third-largest and seventh-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total population of 1,909,537 as of the 2020 census. It is located in the eastern Visayas, which are in the central Philippines. The island is divided in ...
as a penal colony for unwanted political prisoners.
An American doctor and adventurer, makes himself unpopular, and is offered the post of doctor on the island, which he accepts; the alternative proposal being more unpleasant.
The colony is in a state of unrest, and decide to brave the jungles which is full of savage head hunters in a bid for freedom, away from their Spanish oppressors.
Gibraltar Chronicle
The ''Gibraltar Chronicle'' is a national newspaper published in Gibraltar since 1801. It became a daily in 1821. It is Gibraltar's oldest established daily newspaper and the world's second oldest English language newspaper to have been in pri ...
newspaper; 31/08/1962; Page 2
Cast
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George Montgomery as Dr. John David Saunders
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Gilbert Roland
Luis Antonio Dámaso de Alonso (December 11, 1905 – May 15, 1994), known professionally as Gilbert Roland, was a Mexican-born American film and television actor whose career spanned seven decades from the 1920s until the 1980s. He was twice no ...
as Col. Juan Sebastian Salazar
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Ziva Rodann
Ziva Rodann ( he, זיוה רודן, born Ziva Blechman ; 2 March 1933), known first as Ziva Shapir (), is an Israeli-American actress. She was a Hollywood film star and a frequent guest star on television series from the late 1950s to the late ...
as Ana Orteiz
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Joan O'Brien as Cecile Salazar
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Nico Minardos
Nico Minardos (February 15, 1930, Pangrati, Athens – August 27, 2011, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California) was a Greek-American actor. He died in 2011 in Woodland Hills, California at age 81, from natural causes.
Work in Hollywood
His fi ...
as Capt. De Guzman
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Mario Barri as Sgt. Nanding
*Henry Feist as Tominsino
*Tony Fortich as Trustee
*Johnny Cortez as Adring
*Carmen Austin as School Teacher
*Esperanza Garcia as Injured Woman
*Danilo Jurado as Trustee (as Danny Jurado)
*Luciano Lasam as Trustee
*Pedro Faustino as Lasar
*Joaquin Fajardo as Spanish Soldier
*Pamela Saunders as Woman Convict (as Pam Saunders)
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Rita Moreno as Woman Convict
References
External links
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''Samar''at
TCMDB
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is an American movie-oriented pay-TV network owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Launched in 1994, Turner Classic Movies is headquartered at Turner's Techwood broadcasting campus in the Midtown business district of A ...
''Samar''at Letterbox DVD
1962 films
American adventure films
Philippine adventure films
Warner Bros. films
1962 adventure films
Films set in Samar
Films set in 1870
1960s English-language films
1960s American films
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