The Pink Jungle

The Pink Jungle
Directed by Delbert Mann
Produced by Stan Margulies
James Garner
Written by Alan Williams (novel)
Charles Williams
Starring James Garner
George Kennedy
Eva Renzi
Music by Ernie Freeman
Cinematography Russell Metty
Edited by William B. Murphy
Production
company
Cherokee Productions
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release dates
  • October 16, 1968 (1968-10-16) (New York City, New York)
Running time
 104 minutes
Country United States
Language English

The Pink Jungle is a 1968 Technicolor action adventure comedy film starring James Garner, George Kennedy and Eva Renzi. The film was directed by Delbert Mann and written by Charles Williams,[1] adapting the 1965 novel Snake Water by Alan Williams.

Plot

A fashion photographer, Ben Morris, goes to a remote South America location to take pictures of model Alison Duquesne for a lipstick ad. An adventurer they encounter, Sammy Ryderbeit, steals their helicopter and leaves them stranded in the village.

When the three are reunited, they discover a treasure map on the corpse of the late Captain Stopes and the three team up to find it. They encounter McCune, a clever Australian who claims to be Stopes' former partner.

McCune steals everyone's supplies and mules and takes off, but he is hunted down by Ryderbeit and killed. The remaining three make it to the diamond mine, only to find that a South American bandit leader, Raul Ortega, has beaten them to it. A battle leads to Ortega being seized and his men killed.

Ryderbeit makes off with the helicopter and diamonds before anyone can stop him. Local law officials are satisfied to have the long-wanted Ortega in custody at last. In an unexpected twist, Ben reveals he is not just a photographer but a U.S. government agent assigned to quell a revolution led by Ortega. Because of Ryderbeit's assistance, Morris lets him get away with the loot.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Pink Jungle". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
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