Grimerlana Plenty to Like, Plenty to Dislike

Cortechba Overrated

Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

MartinHafer Two brothers have a contract to sell three Brahma bulls to a rancher in South America. They will get a fortune for these bulls--enough so they can buy a big spread of their own. Once one brother (Glenn Ford) arrives in South America, however, he finds things a bit confusing--who is who in a range war raging in the Brazilian forests? There are three different sides vying for power and Ford is left wondering just who he can trust.This is a sloppy and slow-paced film. It takes a terribly long time for anything to happen and it's just not that interesting a film. But what irritated me was how sloppy the film looked and sounded. It was supposed to be Brazil--so why was everyone speaking Spanish, not Portuguese. Too much scratchy old stock footage is used--and I have no idea why, since they actually DID go to South America to film part of the movie. In addition, I laughed when I saw an American Mountain Lion--painted black to look like a Jaguar! It was very clearly NOT a Jaguar. And, the film showed some American Alligators and one of the characters talked about the danger in the forest from Cobras--which are found only in Africa and Asia. While I don't look for perfection in a film, such sloppiness is irritating and shows a lack of regard for the audience. The same can be said in regard to the pacing--it's as if they know they had a bad film and didn't care.The worst moment in the film? It could have been when the cockatiel was ogling the woman bathing in the lagoon. However, I can't say this for sure because about 90% through the film I gave up and turned it off--it was THAT bad. And, for your information, I almost always watch all of the films I review and do this about 99.76% of the time.

Poseidon-3 Set in Brazil, this story of a range war between farmers and ranchers and the man caught between them could easily have been set in Texas or Oklahoma just as well. In fact, after a while, one wishes for Charlotte Greenwood to come out and sing a verse of "The Farmer and the Cowman" to just call the whole thing off! Ford plays the owner of 3 prize bulls en route to Brazil to sell them for $25,000 (which he intends to use to buy a spread with his brother back home.) Upon arrival, he finds one man dead and a range war in full swing between slick, but imperious Lovejoy and fiery, yet attractive Thiess. It shouldn't be hard to figure out which one Ford will gravitate towards. He befriends the ne'er do well Romero, a local man who attracts trouble wherever he goes, and the two form a tenuous alliance in the midst of plenty of violence and reprisals. The vast jungles of Brazil are treated like some small town as the participants of this convoluted story seem to always be running into each other or popping up in just the right spot at just the right time for the story. Lots of stock jungle footage is spliced into the picture to add "flavor" to the tale, notably some shots of piranha devouring alligators. The color photography is sometimes striking and other times poor with noticeable differences in quality from shot to shot. Ford seems to be slumming here in a pedestrian and very minor film (directed by the later-to-be-notorious Castle.) Lovejoy is solid, but lacks the charisma to really sell his questionable character. Romero is hammy, but welcome, as his presence adds a little life to the often drab proceedings. Thiess, advertised at the time as "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" is actually outshone by Lane as a "housekeeper" who looks like she spends more time on her make up and her tan than on scrubbing toilet bowls. She provides a blatantly superfluous musical number (conducted by her husband at the time, Xavier Cugat) in which she sashays around in an off-the-shoulder blouse, hips swinging, while local musicians replicate the musical quality of a major orchestra! Made at a time when America was nuts for all things Latin American (see also "The Naked Jungle" and even "The Opposite Sex"!), it's really just an Old West story penciled into a new setting (though Ford's blue denim jacket does stand out nicely against the lush greens of the jungle.) There's nothing particularly special about it, but fans of the cast might enjoy passing an hour and a half with it.

fraleyauc The idea of giving a South American location as transfusion to an old formula doesn't really change much in this transplanted "western". Texan cowboy Glen Ford is commissioned to deliver three prime Brahma bulls to a Brazilian rancher, Frank Lovejoy, who has dreams of "Empire" even if it means ridding the area of any farmers who disturb the landscape. Nothing here in the story to suggest good or new idea, but the presence of TWO screen beauties, Ursula Theiss and Abbe Lane, do make for an occasional worthwhile focus while we romp through a variety of predicaments in the jungles and farmland of some vivid color filming. I recommend you see it just for Ms. Lane's song/dance around the wilderness campfire. Out of nowhere the jungle trek peasant workers pull out musical instruments and play as if they just finished their training of five years at Julliard. Her virtuoso performance is enticing enough to keep Caesar Romero grinning and puts Glenn Ford in the mood for something else with Ms Theiss besides the three Brahma bulls he's been courting throughout the movie. Abbe's luscious good looks and body teasing actions are not quite equal to Maria Montez in "Cobra Woman", but definitely puts her on the remember chart. Nature lovers will appreciate the throw-in shots of alligators, Parana fish, leopards, giant snakes, monkeys, exotic birds and big bugs. I kept thinking Frank Buck must be somewhere in the supporting cast.In a Brazilian nutshell the whole doesn't come close to equaling a few parts, but it's worth a look if you like beautiful ladies, and don't mind a passive Glenn Ford who seems to want it all to end as soon as possible...Maximus

neobowler This was not a very good movie. It was so corny and lame. I did not like watching it. Glenn Ford is at his worst and his performance is rather sad. I really would not recommend this movie! There was not really anything good about it. But I have seen worse movies. I give it a 1 1/2 out of 5.