Jivaro (film)


Jivaro also known as Lost Treasure of the Amazon, is a 3-D Technicolor film starring Fernando Lamas, Rhonda Fleming and Brian Keith, directed by Edward Ludwig. Publicity material for the film translates Jivaro as "headhunters of the Amazon".
Originally filmed in stereoscopic 3-D, due to a decline in interest Jivaro was not presented in that format in its original release. It later had its 3-D debut on September 17, 2006 at The World 3-D Expo in Hollywood.

Plot

Alice Parker arrives at the Brazilian trading outpost of Rio Galdez in search of her fiancé, an alcoholic engineer who has ventured into dangerous Jívaro territory on a quest for gold.

Cast

In April 1952 Pine-Thomas Productions announced they had bought the novel Morro Treasure by David Duncan and hired Duncan to write the script.
The film was known as Lost Treasure of the Amazon. In August John Payne was announced as star as part of a two-picture contract with Pine Thomas, the other being High Voltage. Payne ended up not appearing in the film and High Voltage was never made.
Rhonda Fleming and Fernando Lamas were cast in April 1953. The film was meant to be in 3D.