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Jivaro

An American woman ventures into the depths of Brazil, driven by her fierce determination to find her missing fiancé, as she faces treacherous landscapes and confronts the sinister legacy of headhunters.

In a remote Brazilian trading post, a group of outcast Americans and Europeans live among the local inhabitants. Jerry Russell, a former engineer, has become obsessed with the treasure of the Jivaro headhunters and has abandoned his job and his fiancée in California. He now spends his days drinking and cavorting with a local woman named Maroa. However, his nominal fiancée continues to send him letters, and his life is disrupted when a glamorous and disillusioned woman named Alice Parker arrives, seeking to marry a wealthy planter.

Info about Jivaro

Studio(s): Paramount Pictures, Pine-Thomas Productions

Originally Released: United States, Feb 12, 1954

Production Country: United States

Genres:Adventure, Romance, Thriller, Mystery