RIVER OF DEATH (1989)

MORGAN'S RATING

In the last, nightmarish days of Third Reich, a psychotic Nazi scientist escapes to the impenetrable jungles of the Amazon. Years later, a mysterious, incurable disease breaks out among the natives in the area -- and swash-buckling adventurer John Hamilton is hired to lead investigators on a search for the cause. Braving bloodthirsty river pirates, hostile tribes and head-hunting cannibals, Hamilton guides the explorers up the deadly Rio del Morte to a fabulous lost Inca city. There, guarded by a small neo-Nazi army, the crazed scientist Dr. Manteuffel, readies a hideous germ-warfare virus -- designed to pave the way for the Fourth Reich. From one of America's most celebrated adventure authors, it's a two-fisted, thrill-packed voyage into electrifying intrigue and action!

Michael Dudikoff (John Hamilton), Robert Vaughn (Wolfgang Manteuffel), Donald Pleasance (Heinrich Spaatz), Herbert Lom (Colonel Ricardo Diaz), L.Q. Jones (Hiller), Sarah Maur Thorp (Anna Blakesley), Cynthia Erland (Maria), Foziah Davidson (Dalia), Victor Melleney (Blakesley), Rufus Swart (Pare), Gordon Mulholland (Fanjul), Alain Woolf (Serrano), Lindsey Reardon (Kellner), Ian Yule (Long John Silver), Crispin De Nuys (Schuster), Erica Rogers (Mavvie), Gail McQuillan (Young Maria), James White (Pilot), Jockey Rigney (Ipama Chief), Isaac Mavimbella (Tuli Chief), Angel Castignani, Andy Meaker, Stuart Wentzel, Bernie Van Zyl, Dave Blom (Aryan Guards), Miles Shorter, Johnny Fourie, Neil Ettridge, Art Kelly (The Band), Max Mostert (Boxing Dwarf), Robert Ainstey (Tracy).

FACTS

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

RELEASE DATE: September 29th, 1989 (USA) BOX OFFICE RESULT: $535,031 (USA)

DIRECTOR: Steve Carver (Lone Wolf McQuade) WRITERS: Andrew Deutsch and Edward Simpson, and based on the novel by Alistair MacLean. PRODUCERS: Avi Lerner and Harry Alan Towers. ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS: Michael Hartman and Erwin Hillier. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Sacha Matson. DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.