Plunder of the Sun (Special Collector's Edition)
by John Farrow
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Actor: Diana Lynn, Francis L. Sullivan, Glenn Ford, Patricia Medina, Sean McCloryDirector: John Farrow
Brand: PLUNDER OF THE SUN
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Collector's Edition, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 81 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-06-06
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of Plunder of the Sun (Special Collector's Edition)
Movie Review: "Take a good look at yourself! Who'd want to kiss THAT?"
Summary: 4 Stars
One of the more ambitious titles from John Wayne's Batjac production company, PLUNDER OF THE SUN (based on the book by David Dodge) stars Glenn Ford as an average joe who becomes the target for a deadly game of cat-and-mouse when he agrees to take a mysterious parcel over the Mexican border.
Al Corby (Glenn Ford), broke and stranded in Havana, is offered $1,000 to transport a small package from Havana to Mexico. He quickly agrees but soon regrets his rash decision when he's later keenly chased by a bleach-blonde assassin (Sean McClory), an alcoholic basketcase (Diana Lynn) and a Mexican spitfire (Patricia Medina). Who can he trust...and who is the enemy? The red herrings fly thick and fast in this well-paced adventure story, filmed on location at the spectacular ruins of Mitla and Monte Alban in Oaxaca Mexico.
This movie also has something serious to say about the criminal practice of looting and profiting from ancient treasures. Most of the characters within PLUNDER OF THE SUN are involved in the illegal trafficking of artifacts. The whole cast is very impressive, especially Diana Lynn as a bitter harpy, and Glenn Ford as the "hero", who colours his performance in various shades of gray. Patricia Medina is luminous as Anna Luz, and Sean McClory (a regular Batjac player) is outstanding as the mysterious Jefferson.
The DVD has some fascinating background material on the locations used in the movie, a featurette on the career of Sean McClory, rare home movies of Glenn Ford on location, plus a commentary track with Peter Ford (Glenn's son) and Frank Thompson. (Single-sided, dual-layer disc).
Summary of Plunder of the Sun (Special Collector's Edition)
A vivid tale of priceless Zapotecan artifacts, deadly deception and sinister treasure-seekers unfolds in Plunder Of The Sun, based on the novel by best-selling author DAVID DODGE (To Catch A Thief). Brought to the screen by JOHN WAYNE's Batjac production company, GLENN FORD (Gilda, Blackboard Jungle) stars as American insurance adjuster Al Colby, a man who unwittingly becomes involved with a fortune in ancient curios after being asked to carry a mysterious package aboard a ship sailing from Havana to Mexico. Colby's seemingly innocent mission becomes a dangerous game of pursuit when he discovers that others-including two seductive women (DIANA LYNN, PATRICIA MEDINA) and a double-crossing rogue (SEAN McLORY) - are determined to take possession of the parcel he carries.at any cost. JOHN FARROW (The Big Clock, Hondo) directs this mystery-thriller set amidst the spectacular archaeological ruins of Mitla and Monte Alban near Oaxaca, Mexico.Plunder of the Sun plays like a low-budget merging of two Bogart classics, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and The Maltese Falcon. Wiseguy Al Colby (Glenn Ford) finds himself short of funds in Havana, but a mysterious antiquities trader (Francis L. Sullivan, doing his best Sydney Greenstreet) enlists Colby to transport a package from Cuba to Mexico. The package is a piece in a puzzle that could lead to millions in ancient gold, possibly buried in the elaborate ruins of Zapotecan temples--if Colby can survive the other adventurers jockeying to get the stuff. Director John Farrow keeps the story moving and the shadows at a satisfyingly noirish level even if the material never rises to anything like classic status, while Glenn Ford provides a fitting cruel streak for his nobody-makes-a-sucker-out-of-me hero. This was one of two movies Farrow made in Mexico that year for John Wayne's Batjac production company, the other being Hondo. The balled-up plot, international gaggle of eccentric performers (most colorfully Wayne regular Sean McClory), and somewhat chintzy location shooting call to mind another globe-trotting movie of that era, Orson Welles' Mr. Arkadin, and this movie even shares actress Particia Medina with that picture. --Robert Horton
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