In 1870, in the Spanish Philippines, the commandant of an island penal colony, aided by an American doctor and local villagers, decides to relocate his coastal camp to a fertile valley inland but the arduous trek is fraught with dangers.
Practical Effects
Genuine location shooting in actual Philippine jungle
Acting
Gilbert Roland's charismatic, complicated colonel
Director
George Montgomery
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
George Montgomery financed this himself after studios rejected it — he sold his ranch to fund the Philippine shoot.
Shot during Ferdinand Marcos's early rule; locals were paid in rice and cigarettes, which Montgomery later called 'embarrassing but period-appropriate.'
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