Where the River Runs Black

Sep 19, 1986

1h 40m

★ 6.4

Overview

An orphaned boy who was raised in the Amazon jungle is brought back to civilization by a priest who knows his father.

Genres

Adventure

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Father O'Reilly

Charles Durning

Lazaro

Alessandro Rabelo

Segundo

Ajay Naidu

Eagle Woman

Divana Brandão

Father Mahoney

Peter Horton

Orlando Santos

Castulo Guerra

Mother Marta

Conchata Ferrell

Sister Ana

Dana Delany

Lazaro - 4 Years Old

Marcelo Rabelo

Francisco

Ariel Coelho

Jose

Paulo Sergio Oliveira

Brother Carlos

Mario Borges

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