The Spiral Road (1962)

Directed by

Robert Mulligan

Genre

drama film, adventure film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 25m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A doctor working in a colonial jungle hospital faces personal and professional conflicts. He must navigate dangerous terrain and his own moral limits.

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What happens

The Spiral Road is a 1962 American adventure-drama film directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Rock Hudson, Burl Ives, Gena Rowlands, and Geoffrey Keen, based on the novel of the same name by Jan de Hartog. The film was released by Universal-International in the United States in 1962, the same year that Mulligan's other movie To Kill a Mockingbird became a critical and commercial success. The movie was filmed in Suriname and was shot in Eastmancolor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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