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Quick Info

Rating

7.4/10

Release1964

Runtime1h 52m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

RevenueN/A

Production

Les Productions Artistes Associés

Les Films Ariane

Dear Film

Movie

That Man from Rio

1964

1h 52m

7.4

Adventure

Action

Comedy

Synopsis

French military man Adrien Dufourquet gets an eight-day furlough to visit his fiancée, Agnès. But when he arrives in Paris, he learns that her late father's partner, museum curator Professor Catalan, has just been kidnapped by a group of Amazon tribesmen who have also stolen a priceless statue from the museum. Adrien and Agnès pursue the kidnappers to Brazil, where they learn that the statue is the key to a hidden Amazon treasure.

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