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.
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Yul Brynner
Chief Black Eagle
George Chakiris
Balam
Shirley Anne Field
Ixchel
Richard Basehart
Ah Min
Brad Dexter
Ah Haleb
Barry Morse
Ah Zok
Armando Silvestre
Isatai
Leo Gordon
Hunac Ceel
Victoria Vetri
Ixzubin
Rudy Solari
Pitz
Director
J. Lee Thompson
Screenplay
James R. Webb
Tagline
"Now a lost world becomes a new world of adventure!"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$4,000,000
Production
The Mirisch Company, United Artists
CinemaSerf
August 12, 2023
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' be...
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