screenshots / Treasure of the Amazon / 1985 Star World Productions


Filmed in Mexico, this jungle adventure stars Stuart Whitman (Invaders of the Lost Gold) and Donald Pleasence (Warrior Queen).

The cast also featured actor Jorge Luke (Jairo) whose previous credits included the role of Running Bull in 1976's The Return of a Man Called Horse. (Jorge Luke passed in 2012 at the age of 69.)

Earlier films from director René Cardona Jr. include 1970's Robinson Crusoe and the Tiger and 1973's Robinson y Viernes en la isla encantada (aka: The Enchanted Island).