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 As airman Adrien Dufourquet embarks on an 8-day leave
in Paris to see his fiancée, Agnès, two South American Indians steal
an Amazon statuette from a museum and force Professor Catalan, the
curator, into their car. Catalan was Agnes' father's
companion on an Amazon expedition during which her father died.
Catalan believes that the statuette is one of three which hold the
secret to an Amazon treasure. Adrien arrives in time to see
the Indians abducting Agnès, the only one who knows the location of
the other statuettes, and he pursues them to the airport where he
steals a ticket and boards the same plane.
Adrien tells the pilot that his fiancée has been
abducted, but Agnès has been drugged and does not recognize him.
The pilot plans to have Adrien arrested when they reach Rio de
Janeiro, but Adrien eludes the police upon arrival. With the
help of Sir Winston, a Brazilian bootblack, Adrien rescues Agnès.
They retrieve the first statuette, but the Indians steal it back
again.
In Sir Winston's car, Agnès and Adrien drive to
Brasilia to meet Señor De Castro, a wealthy industrialist who
possesses the third statuette. On the way, they come across
the Indians' car with Catalan slumped inside; after picking him up,
they drive on to Brasilia.
At a party in their honor, De Castro takes Catalan to
his strong room to assure him of the statuette's safety, and
Catalan, who planned the museum theft, murders him and steals the
statuette. By the time Adrien discovers the body, Catalan and
the Indians have abducted Agnès again and escaped in a seaplane.
Adrien steals a plane and follows.
In a floating jungle cafe run by Lola, the woman who
financed Catalan, Adrien learns that Catalan murdered Agnes' father
and that Agnès is being held in a boat. Rushing to the boat,
Adrien hangs onto the side as it heads upstream and finally docks.
While Catalan goes to the underground location of the treasure,
Adrien kills all of Catalan's accomplices and rescues Agnès.
Catalan finds the treasure, but an explosion set off by a nearby
demolition crew causes him to be buried with it. Adrien and
Agnès flee the jungle and arrive in Paris in time for Adrien to
catch his train back to camp.
Notes
Filmed on location in Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, and elsewhere
in Brazil. Opened in Paris in Feb 1964 as L'homme de Rio ;
running time: 120 min; opened in Rome in 1964 as L'uomo di Rio. |
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