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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Wow! I really loved the movie Plunder of the Sun. The movie is absolutely stunning with top-notch graphics and visuals while Glenn Ford deliver some award-winning performances in this movie.
I also think Diana Lynn was great! The visuals and graphics make for some very realistic on screen special-effects but that is the beauty of the movie.When the movie wants to be funny it is funny, the same is true for when the movie needs to deliver its scary aspects.
I think Glenn Ford and Diana Lynn worked wonderful in Plunder of the Sun. The great supporting cast includes Glenn Ford, Diana Lynn, Patricia Medina, Francis L. Sullivan, Sean McClory.
I think Glenn Ford and Diana Lynn worked wonderful in Plunder of the Sun. The great supporting cast includes Glenn Ford, Diana Lynn, Patricia Medina, Francis L. Sullivan, Sean McClory.
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