Machete (1958 film)

Machete
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Kurt Neumann
Produced by	Kurt Neumann
Written by	Kurt Neumann Carroll Young
Starring	Mari Blanchard Ruth Cains Albert Dekker Juano Hernandez Carlos Rivas Lee Van Cleef
Music by	Paul Sawtell Bert Shefter
Cinematography	Karl Struss
Edited by	Jodie Copelan
Production company	J. Harold Odell Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release dates	December 1958 (1958-12)
Running time	75 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Machete is a 1958 American drama film directed by Kurt Neumann and written by Kurt Neumann and Carroll Young. The film stars Mari Blanchard, Ruth Cains, Albert Dekker, Juano Hernandez, Carlos Rivas and Lee Van Cleef. The film was released in December 1958, by United Artists.^[1]^[2]

Plot

Sugar plantation owner Don Luis Montoya gets married in New York and brings his bride Jean back to Puerto Rico, unaware that she wed him only for his money. Friends at their San Juan honeymoon hotel recognize her as a notorious party girl, so Jean urges her husband to take her home right away, before the marriage has even been consummated.

At the plantation, Jean's arrival is met with mistrust by Luis' longtime protege, Carlos, and by his cousin, Miguel, who help run the business. A drunken Miguel insults her and is slapped by Carlos. In vengeance, he attacks Carlos later with a machete.

Luis orders him to leave, but Miguel sabotages the cane-cutting machinery and is asked back by Luis to repair it. Jean, meantime, has fallen in love with Carlos, which results in Miguel planting seeds of suspicion with Luis against them. Catching the two in a compromising position, Luis chastises Carlos and later takes his new wife forcibly.

Miguel sets fire to the sugar field. Luis, believing that Jean is running off with Carlos, comes after them with his machete and is about to die in the blaze when Carlos comes to rescue him. Miguel is killed with the machete, and Jean dies during the ordeal as well.

Cast

Mari Blanchard as Jean Montoya
Ruth Cains as Rita
Albert Dekker as Don Luis Montoya
Juano Hernandez as Bernardo
Carlos Rivas as Carlos
Lee Van Cleef as Miguel

References

↑ "Machete (1958) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
↑ "Machete". TV Guide. Retrieved 28 October 2014.

External links

Machete at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Kurt Neumann

El Tenorio del harem (1931)
Fast Companions (1932)
My Pal, the King (1932)
The Big Cage (1933)
Secret of the Blue Room (1933)
King for a Night (1933)
Let's Talk It Over (1934)
Half a Sinner (1934)
Wake Up and Dream (1934)
Alias Mary Dow (1935)
The Affair of Susan (1935)
Let's Sing Again (1936)
Rainbow on the River (1936)
Espionage (1937)
Make a Wish (1937)
That Navy Spirit (1937)
Wide Open Faces (1938)
Generals of Tomorrow (1938)
Ambush (1939)
Unmarried (1939)
Island of Lost Men (1939)
All Women Have Secrets (1939)
Ellery Queen, Master Detective (1940)
A Night at Earl Carroll's (1940)
Brooklyn Orchid (1942)
Fall In (1942)
The McGuerins from Brooklyn (1942)
Taxi, Mister (1943)
Yanks Ahoy (1943)
The Unknown Guest (1943)
Tarzan and the Amazons (1945)
Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946)
Tarzan and the Huntress (1947)
The Dude Goes West (1948)
Bad Men of Tombstone (1949)
Bad Boy (1949)
Two Knights from Brooklyn (1949)
The Kid from Texas (1950)
Rocketship X-M (1950)
Cattle Drive (1951)
Reunion in Reno (1951)
Son of Ali Baba (1952)
The Ring (1952)
Hiawatha (1952)
Tarzan and the She-Devil (1953)
Regina Amstetten (1954)
Carnival Story (1954)
Circus of Love (1954)
They Were So Young (1954)
Drei vom Varieté (1954)
The Star of Rio (1955)
Mohawk (1956)
The Desperados Are in Town (1956)
She Devil (1957)
Kronos (1957)
The Deerslayer (1957)
The Fly (1958)
Machete (1958)
Watusi (1959)
Counterplot (1959)

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