Movies
TV Shows
People
18/12/1963 History, Adventure 1h 48m
61
User score

Now a lost world becomes a new world of adventure!

Overview

In order to flee from powerful enemies, young Mayan king Balam leads his people north across the Gulf of Mexico to the coast of what will become the United States. They build a home in the new land but come into conflict with a tribe of Native Americans led by their chief, Black Eagle, while both Balam and Black Eagle fall in love the beautiful Mayan princess Ixchel.

  1. J. Lee Thompson

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Yul Brynner

    Chief Black Eagle

  2. George Chakiris

    Balam

  3. Shirley Anne Field

    Ixchel

  4. Richard Basehart

    Ah Min

  5. Brad Dexter

    Ah Haleb

  6. Barry Morse

    Ah Zok

  7. Armando Silvestre

    Isatai

  8. Leo Gordon

    Hunac Ceel

  9. Victoria Vetri

    Ixzubin

  10. View more

Full Cast & Crew

Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-08-12
The oddest of casting here as Yul Brynner, George Chakiris and Shirley Anne Field star in a story of a Mayan population driven from their city by invaders. They take refuge in what they hope will be a safe haven far away and rebuild their temple. Brynner plays "Black Eagle" the chief of the local tribe already in-situ and after a few skirmishes, he gets captured and falls in love with Chakiris' betrothed - "Ixchel" (Field) before the invaders catch up with them... It is rare for meso-American history to be the focus of a plot and it makes for quite an interesting cultural backdrop. Sadly, it's...read the rest
Read All Reviews

Recommendations

  1. Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado65%
  2. True Spirit69%
  3. White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf69%
  4. Slumberland72%
  5. The Willoughbys70%
  6. The Way West61%
  7. Moon le Panda68%
  8. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker62%
  9. 1492: Conquest of Paradise62%
  10. Romancing the Stone67%
  11. The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim65%
  12. The 35560%
  13. Supercross62%
  14. The Pilgrim's Progress76%
  15. The Last of the Mohicans63%
  16. The 5th Wave59%
  17. Jack the Giant Slayer58%
  18. Robin Hood64%
  19. Robin Hood59%
  20. The Darkest Minds70%

Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$4,000,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords