Plunder Of The Sun (1953) On DVD
Actor: Glenn Ford, Diana Lynn, Patricia Medina, Francis L. Sullivan, Sean McClory
Director: John Farrow
Genre: Drama
Year: 1953
Studio: Paramount Home Video
Length: 81
Released: June 6, 2006
Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format: DVD
Misc: NTSC, Black & White
Language: English
Subtitles : N/A
DESCRIPTION:
Plunder of the Sun plays like a low-budget merging of two Bogart classics, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and The Maltese Falcon. Wiseguy Al Colby (Glenn Ford) finds himself short of funds in Havana, but a mysterious antiquities trader (Francis L. Sullivan, doing his best Sydney Greenstreet) enlists Colby to transport a package from Cuba to Mexico. The package is a piece in a puzzle that could lead to millions in ancient gold, possibly buried in the elaborate ruins of Zapotecan temples--if Colby can survive the other adventurers jockeying to get the stuff. Director John Farrow keeps the story moving and the shadows at a satisfyingly noirish level even if the material never rises to anything like classic status, while Glenn Ford provides a fitting cruel streak for his nobody-makes-a-sucker-out-of-me hero. This was one of two movies Farrow made in Mexico that year for John Wayne's Batjac production company, the other beingHondo. The balled-up plot, international gaggle of eccentric performers (most colorfully Wayne regular Sean McClory), and somewhat chintzy location shooting call to mind another globe-trotting movie of that era, Orson Welles' Mr. Arkadin, and this movie even shares actress Particia Medina with that picture.
Special Features:
- The John Wayne Stock Company: Sean McClory
- On Location with Glenn Ford
- Batjac Trailer
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Photo Gallery
- Plundering History
- -Introduction
- -The Oaxaca Valley
- -The Codex
- -The Ball Court
- -The Great City of Monte Alban
- -The Hall of Columns at Mitla
Actor: Glenn Ford, Diana Lynn, Patricia Medina, Francis L. Sullivan, Sean McClory
Director: John Farrow
Genre: Drama
Year: 1953
Studio: Paramount Home Video
Length: 81
Released: June 6, 2006
Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format: DVD
Misc: NTSC, Black & White
Language: English
Subtitles : N/A
DESCRIPTION:
Plunder of the Sun plays like a low-budget merging of two Bogart classics, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and The Maltese Falcon. Wiseguy Al Colby (Glenn Ford) finds himself short of funds in Havana, but a mysterious antiquities trader (Francis L. Sullivan, doing his best Sydney Greenstreet) enlists Colby to transport a package from Cuba to Mexico. The package is a piece in a puzzle that could lead to millions in ancient gold, possibly buried in the elaborate ruins of Zapotecan temples--if Colby can survive the other adventurers jockeying to get the stuff. Director John Farrow keeps the story moving and the shadows at a satisfyingly noirish level even if the material never rises to anything like classic status, while Glenn Ford provides a fitting cruel streak for his nobody-makes-a-sucker-out-of-me hero. This was one of two movies Farrow made in Mexico that year for John Wayne's Batjac production company, the other beingHondo. The balled-up plot, international gaggle of eccentric performers (most colorfully Wayne regular Sean McClory), and somewhat chintzy location shooting call to mind another globe-trotting movie of that era, Orson Welles' Mr. Arkadin, and this movie even shares actress Particia Medina with that picture.
Special Features:
- The John Wayne Stock Company: Sean McClory
- On Location with Glenn Ford
- Batjac Trailer
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Photo Gallery
- Plundering History
- -Introduction
- -The Oaxaca Valley
- -The Codex
- -The Ball Court
- -The Great City of Monte Alban
- -The Hall of Columns at Mitla
Product Name | Plunder Of The Sun (1953) On DVD |
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This item is returnable | No |