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01/12/1958 Drama 1h 15m
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Murder and Manhunt in the Caribbean Jungle Lands!

Overview

The opportunistic Jean marries an older man, plantation owner Don Luis, for financial security and finds herself falling for his virile right-hand man, Carlos. Jealous of Carlos' position and fearing that Jean will inherit Luis' money, his greedy cousin, Miguel, does his best to turn Luis against the would-be lovers and come out on top in the process.

  1. Kurt Neumann

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Mari Blanchard

    Jean Montoya

  2. Ruth Cains

    Rita

  3. Albert Dekker

    Don Luis Montoya

  4. Juano Hernández

    Bernardo

  5. Carlos Rivas

    Carlos

  6. Lee Van Cleef

    Miguel

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2014-05-27
The Plantation of Passions, Pilfering and Poison.

Machete is directed by Kurt Neumann and Neumann co-wrote the screenplay with Carroll Young. It stars Mari Blanchard, Albert Dekker, Carlos Rivas, Lee Van Cleef, Ruth Cains and Juano Hernandez. Music is by Paul Sawtell and Bert Shefter and cinematography is by Karl Struss.

Set at and filmed in Aguirre, Puerto Rico, Machete is a sort of jungle noir mixed with melodramatic oddities. Plot essentially has Blanchard sticking her chest out and marrying Dekker's plantation owner purely for financial security. Upon arriving at said plantation, s...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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