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Jungle Raiders (1985 film)

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Jungle Raiders
Directed byAntonio Margheriti
Screenplay byGiovanni Simonelli[1]
Story byGiovanni Simonelli[1]
Starring
CinematographyGuglielmo Mancori[1]
Edited byAlberto Moriani[1]
Music byCarl Taormina[1]
Production
company
L'Immagine[1]
Distributed by20th Century Fox[1]
Release date
1985
CountryItaly[2]

Jungle Raiders (Italian: La leggenda del rubino malese, lit.'Legend of the Blonde Malaysian') is a 1985 adventure film directed by Antonio Margheriti.[1][2] The film stars Christopher Connelly and Lee Van Cleef.[2]

Plot

Captain Yankee (Christopher Connelly) and his friend make a living by selling fake adventure dreams to rich foreigners. With the help of some natives they let their rich clients think to have lived fantastic adventures. One day a Colombian museum director arrives to search for a fabulous "ruby of doom" and Captain Yankee is black mailed into accepting the task.

Cast

Releases

Jungle Raiders was released in 1985.[3]

Reception

In a retrospective review, Jeremy Wheeler (AllMovie) stated described the film as "Raiders of the Lost Ark rip-off that did its homework" noting that it directly stole dialogue and scenes from the film including the snake pit scene and a kidnapping in an open market with laundry baskets. The review concluded to not "expect much else from this cheap Italian knock-off."[2]

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "La leggenda del rubino malese (1985)". Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in Italian). Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d Wheeler, Jeremy. "Hunters of the Golden Cobra (1984)". AllMovie.
  3. ^ Curti 2019, p. 103.

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