In Colombia, mining engineer Rian Mitchell discovers Carrero, the lost emerald mine of the Conquistadors, but has to contend with notorious local bandit El Moro's gang and with coffee planter Catherine Knowland's love.
Cinematography
Glorious Technicolor making California look like steamy Colombia.
Costume
Kelly somehow pristine in white despite jungle mud and floods.
Director
Andrew Marton
Stewart Granger
Rian X. Mitchell
Grace Kelly
Catherine Knowland
Paul Douglas
Vic Leonard
John Ericson
Donald Knowland
Murvyn Vye
El Moro
José Torvay
Manuel
Robert Tafur
Father Ripero
Charlita
Dolores
Nacho Galindo
Officer Perez
Natividad Vacío
Hernandez
Rico Alaniz
Antonio
Paul Marion
Roberto
Martín Garralaga
Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot largely on MGM backlots with stock footage from 1953's 'The Naked Spur'—the floods are recycled.
A fascinating artifact of Eisenhower-era Hollywood imagining Latin America: exotic, dangerous, and conveniently full of white settlers.
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