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A daring adventurer searches Peruvian jungles for ancient treasure. Before Indiana Jones there was Harry Steele (Charlton Heston), an idealistic archaeologist determined to return an ancient Incan mask to the society from which it came. A greedy con-artist (Robert Young) has other ideas, though, and the two men race to fund an expedition to find the treasure, which has reportedly been buried by Spanish conquistadores somewhere in Machu Picchu. The con-artist (Young) seduces a beautiful tourist in order to reach his goal, leaving Steele (Heston) to locate the site through more honorable means. Twenty-seven years before directors George Lucas and Steven Spielburg collaborated to create Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jerry Hopper directed Secret of the Incas.
Movie rating: 6.0 / 10 (1583)
Directed by: Jerry Hopper - Ranald MacDougall - Sydney Boehm - Boehm Maximum
Writer credits: Ranald MacDougall - Sydney Boehm
Cast: Charlton Heston - Robert Young - Nicole Maurey - Thomas Mitchell - Glenda Farrell
AKA: Legend of the Inca, Legend of the Incas, Le secret des Incas
