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The Leiningen South American cocoa plantation is threatened by a 2-mile-wide, 20-mile-long column of army ants.The Leiningen South American cocoa plantation is threatened by a 2-mile-wide, 20-mile-long column of army ants.The Leiningen South American cocoa plantation is threatened by a 2-mile-wide, 20-mile-long column of army ants.
Norma Calderón
- Zala
- (as Norma Calderon)
Jerado Decordovier
- Gruber's Indian
- (uncredited)
Pilar Del Rey
- Indian Wife
- (uncredited)
Bernie Gozier
- Gruber's Indian
- (uncredited)
Leon Lontoc
- Indian
- (uncredited)
John Mansfield
- Foreman
- (uncredited)
Ronald Alan Numkena
- Indian Boy
- (uncredited)
Rodd Redwing
- Indian
- (uncredited)
Jack Reitzen
- Fat Man
- (uncredited)
Carlos Rivero
- Indian Husband
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Philip Yordan(front for Ben Maddow)
- Ranald MacDougall
- Carl Stephenson
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaCharlton Heston improvised during the argument scene between Eleanor Parker and himself. It was not scripted that he splash perfume all over her. This move intensified the action and a surprised Parker was able to react accordingly.
- GoofsDuring the first meeting/"confrontation" between Joanna and Christopher there comes a point in the conversation when he asks her if she is 'laughing at him.' As she turns from the dresser to face him at the very upper left corner for approx. 35 frames the moving shadow of what may well be a boom mic can easily be seen as it follows the motion.
- Quotes
Joanna Leiningen: Do you think this moat will stop them?
Christopher Leiningen: Ants are strictly land creatures. They can't swim. Right, Incacha?
Incacha: Monkeys not swim also. They cross rivers even so.
Christopher Leiningen: The intelligence of monkeys is more than ants, less than man.
Incacha: Is so.
[laughing]
Incacha: When ants come, monkeys run.
- ConnectionsEdited into Atlantis: The Lost Continent (1961)
Featured review
Enjoyably unsubtle, hot-headed saga with Heston perfectly cast...
George Pal was the ideal producer for a melodrama set in the South American jungles, wherein 20 miles of soldier ants overtake the villages and plantations. Also a perfect fit, Charlton Heston is right at home playing the stubborn, consistently-irritated coffee plantation owner who takes on the ants--and his mail-order bride, a New Orleans widow with a temper of her own! Colorful nonsense has some sloppy editing and dubbing, but plenty of florid dramatics and a tense final reel. As the "proxy bride", Eleanor Parker uses her cool-fire beauty and glinting eyes to good effect; her character (as written) is thinly-conceived, yet Parker's solid acting helps fill in the blanks and we understand a great deal more about this perplexing woman simply from the performance alone. Heston looks good with Parker on-screen, though happy, hairy-chested government official William Conrad looks like he might want to scoop Eleanor up at any moment (and he's so congenial, she may not mind!). The film might have benefited from a longer running-time (this scenario seems condensed, though not distilled), and as a result the love story is rushed along, yet it's a fast-paced, atmospheric, faux-exotic piece of Hollywood escapism, and quite enjoyable. *** from ****
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- Nov 17, 2007
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Bushmaster
- Filming locations
- Florahome, Florida, USA(dynamiting of bridges)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,300,000
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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