Réalisation:
Jerry HopperPhotographie:
Lionel LindonMusique:
David ButtolphActeurs·trices:
Charlton Heston, Robert Young, Nicole Maurey, Thomas Mitchell, Glenda Farrell, Michael Pate, Leon Askin, William Henry, Edward Colmans, Marion Ross (plus)Résumés(1)
SECRET OF THE INCAS looks terrific with sweeping vistas and wide expanses of Peru's Machu Picchu region. Who better to carry off the familiar role of the avaricious swindler destined to come around and prove hes not such a bad guy after all than Heston? Heston has been stone faced before, but this time hes positively granitelike. In Cuzco, he bilks tourists to come up with the funds to secure an airplane so he can fly up to the Andes. There he believes hell find the fabled treasure of the Incas, a jewel-laden ritual mask known as the "Sunburst." At the same time, a man of equally dubious morals, Mitchell, is also after the same relic. Farrell is a tourist, and Heston gets her to help him nab the plane. Several groups descend on Machu Picchu at the same time. Young is after the mask for quite another reason: he hopes that its discovery might help the local natives get their heritage back. At the site, the various groups get into a fracas. To add to the complications, Maurey, a knockout who happens to be along on the trip, falls for Heston. In the end, Heston gives the Sunburst to the natives, confesses his love for Maurey, and the two leave to spend their lives together. He wants the mask, engages in all sorts of derring-do to get it, then throws it aside for the love of a good woman. Sumac (who everyone at the time thought was a real South American, but who was actually one Amy Camus, a native of New York) has a remarkable five-octave singing voice and does three tunes by Moises Vivanco, "High Andes," "Virgin of the Sun God," and "Earthquake." (texte officiel du distributeur)
(plus)Acteurs·trices
Charlton Heston
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Ben-Hur (1959)
Les Grands Espaces (1958)
L'Extase et l'agonie (1965)
Robert Young
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
La Tempête qui tue (1940)
Trois camarades (1938)
They Won't Believe Me (1947)
Nicole Maurey
France
Meilleurs films :
Si Versailles m'était conté (1954)
Journal d'un curé de campagne (1951)
Violence au Kansas (1959)
Thomas Mitchell
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
La Vie est belle (1946)
Mr. Smith au sénat (1939)
Les Clés du royaume (1944)
Glenda Farrell
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Je suis un évadé (1932)
The Talk of the Town (1942)
Johnny, roi des gangsters (1941)
Michael Pate
Australie
Meilleurs films :
The Camel Boy (1984)
Jules César (1953)
Le Bouffon du roi (1955)
Leon Askin
Autriche-Hongrie
Meilleurs films :
Un, deux, trois (1961)
Y a-t-il enfin un pilote dans l'avion 2 ? (1982)
Knock on Wood (1954)
William Henry
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
El Dorado (1966)
Condamné au silence (1955)
Showdown (1963)
Edward Colmans
Grande-Bretagne
Meilleurs films :
Colombo (1971) (série)
Viva Zapata ! (1952)
Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
Marion Ross
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Teacher's Pet (1958)
La Vie passionnée de Vincent Van Gogh (1956)
Sabrina (1954)
Alvy Moore
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Les Minipouss (1985)
La Conquête de l'Ouest (1976) (série)
The Gnome-Mobile (1967)
Booth Colman
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
The Name of the Game (1968) (série)
The Lawyer (1970)
The Barber : L'homme qui n'était pas là (2001)
Grandon Rhodes
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Song of Love (1947)
White Heat (1949)
Storm Warning (1951)
Martin Garralaga
Espagne
Meilleurs films :
Le Trésor de la Sierra Madre (1948)
Casablanca (1942)
Passion fatale (1949)
Robert Tafur
Colombie
Meilleurs films :
Gilda (1946)
La Route semée d'étoiles (1944)
Monsieur Joe (1949)
Kurt Katch
Empire russe
Meilleurs films :
Song of Love (1947)
Le Bal des maudits (1958)
L'Ange des ténèbres (1943)
Harry Stanton
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Funny Girl (1968)
Le Père de la mariée (1950)
Fritz Ford
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Sabrina (1954)
L'Evadé d'Alcatraz (1979)
Règlement de comptes (1953)