Jaguar (1956)
Oil explorers suspect a South American jungle boy of murder.
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Fantastic!
The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.
At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
I saw a film of this title way back in the 50s - one of those supporting 'B' movies. I have never seen it again nor have I seen it advertised, so I don't even know whether it is still in existence. I seem to remember that the action took place in the South American jungle, where a party of intrepid hunters/adventurers/soldiers of fortune, had to battle the elements, disease, dangerous animals etc, the worst danger being possible attacks by fierce native tribesmen, who donned jaguar skins - including the claws - and ripped their enemies to pieces. Just as well this movie was in b/w! I well remember the fatal claw marks across people's chests. I didn't remember Sabu in the film I saw, but then the old memory is very hazy now. There is a 1957 film of the same name, but that is only a short. I remember being terrified by this film, which gave me nightmares at the age of eleven.