Plunder of the Sun

Aug 26, 1953

1h 21m

★ 6.1

Fortune-lust! A sin-strewn terror-trek! And the lure of a god goddess of the sun!

Overview

An American insurance adjuster, stranded in Havana, becomes involved with an archaeologist and a collector of antiquities in a hunt for treasure in the Mexican ruins of Zapoteca.

Genres

Adventure

Mystery

Drama

Production Companies

Wayne-Fellows Productions

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

Al Colby

Glenn Ford

Julie Barnes

Diana Lynn

Anna Luz

Patricia Medina

Thomas Berrien

Francis L. Sullivan

Jefferson

Sean McClory

Raul Cornejo

Eduardo Noriega

Ulbaldo Navarro (as Julio Villareal)

Julio Villarreal

Captain Bergman

Charles Rooner

Consul (as Douglas Dumbrille)

Douglass Dumbrille

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