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Curucu, Beast of the Amazon is a american film of genre Adventure directed by Curt Siodmak released in USA on 1 december 1956 with John Bromfield
Curucu, Beast of the Amazon (1956)
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Add to a movie listCurucu, Beast of the Amazon is a 1956 American film directed and written by Curt Siodmak and starring John Bromfield, Beverly Garland and Tom Payne. It was shot in Eastmancolor, on location in the Amazon River of rural Brazil.
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Plantation owner Rock Dean travels up the Amazon River to investigate why the workers have left in panic. Dean's guide, Tumpanico warns him of Curucu (a birdlike monster who is said to live up the river where no white man has ever been). Accompanying him is Dr. Andrea Romar, in search of a drug which (in this story) the natives use to shrink heads. She hopes this drug will be effective in reducing cancerous tissue.Actors
John Bromfield
(Rock Dean)
Larri Thomas
(Vivian - the dancer)
Tom Payne
Beverly Garland
(Dr. Andrea Romar)
Tom Payne
(Tupanico)
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