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Curucu, Beast of the Amazon (1956)

Curucu, Beast of the Amazon poster
Directed by
Curt Siodmak
Genre
adventure film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 16m
Rating
3.8 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Brazilian plantation owner and a biologist travel up the Amazon river to investigate a monster that is terrorizing local tribes. They must confront the beast and unravel the mystery behind the attacks.

suspensefuldatedadventurouscheesymonster-thrillerjungle-excursion

What happens

Curucu, Beast of the Amazon is a 1956 American adventure/monster film, directed and written by Curt Siodmak and starring John Bromfield, Beverly Garland and Tom Payne. The title creature is pronounced "Koo-Ruh-SOO" (Portuguese: Curuçu). The film was distributed in the United States on December 1, 1956, as a double feature with The Mole People. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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