KnotMissPriceless
Why so much hype?
Fairaher
The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.
filippaberry84
I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
habitzg
Treasure of the Condor was a pretty good movie, especially when compared with the garbage being produced today. Constance White was a beautiful lady, but was very unfortunate in her life and ended tragically. I remember that Cornel Wilde performed all of his own actions...including the movie "The Naked Prey" where he is forced to run for his life through jungle, chased by savages. BUT its Macready that I am asking about. I remember his voice from radio "way back" in the 40's....am I wrong? Its a very distinctive voice, and I swear I remember it because radio was the only entertainment we had in the home. Does anyone remember this? Can anybody confer with me in this mystery? If so, please let me know. habitzg@hotmail.com
ellenirishellen-62962
Cornell Wilde more beefcake than Ty Powers,Macready more menacing than Sanders (both George's claimed fame as top villains).Great to see Frances Farmer in a role later played by the great Anne Bancroft,a wonderful actress.She was more ruthless when she betrayed Jean-Paul and defying her father when he reported how they were to be tossed out of the manor due to the Marquis' treachery.This explained in Son Of Fury that Edward had killed his brother and his wife,but not included in Son Of Fury to maintain suspense.Much of the dialogue is same in both films,but prefer Guatemala to Tahiti,especially since "white men not allowed to marry Polynesian women" rule within studio system.Well,love finds a way.The final fight more brutal in Son Of Fury,but you don't want to seriously hurt your stars.Maybe Macready had some gymnastic skills,as his grandson is a gymnast from 1996 team.If George did his own tumbling,he's pretty good,especially since he got drop from a stage harness hoisting him skyward which broke and he managed to be unharmed.
big_O_Other
I absolutely loved this film as a child. When I watched it again after 60 years it was even better than I remembered. Instead of the phony Polynesians of the earlier adaptation of the original novel Benjamin Blake (Son of Fury with Tyrone Power) the acting is excellent, and the story, reset in France prior to theRevolution makes great social comments on the excesses of the aristocracy and their vile treatment of lower classes, it includes a serious interest in science and anthropology. This is definitely worth seeing. The photography is great, and the scenes of actual inhabitants of Central America in their rituals and dancing made it ring.Cornel Wilde was perfectly fine in the role. And the old Scotsman added interest and wisdom.
mcpherson43
Here is some trivia on "Treasure of the Golden Condor" (which is by the way a remake of Fox's "Son of Fury". It's by now a well-known fact that Otto Preminger directed some retakes on that film. That was indicated to me by producer Paul Buck, on the set of Preminger's film "Rosebud". (Buck was also Peter O'Toole's producing partner).Preminger had mentioned it to me earlier, in Paris. He did not remember the title, but gave me enough indications to find out that it was "Teasure of the Golden Condor". He said at that time that he only worked on one short scene "dealing with a snake" (of which he was terribly afraid). The extent of Preminger's contribution however is not clearly established, as Buck seemed to indicate that it went a bit further than just one day.
