Admirable film.

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

For the life of me I couldn't figure out who the female lead was here even though I've been watching a half dozen episodes of 'Lawman' each week right up to the middle of the third season now. Most reviewers on this board rate her highly in the looks department in this flick, but you really need to catch Peggie Castle as Miss Lily Merrill opposite John Russell in the popular TV Western from 1959 to 1962. That's when she was really something to see.Well anyway, Miss Lily, er, Kathryn Williams plays a couple of amorous adventurers against each other in this somewhat muddled film. She portrays a photographer hired by archaeologist Robert Burton (William Lundigan) to record an expedition into an uncharted Mexican jungle to get the goods on a lost tribe of Toltec Indians. Rugged Juan Cervantes (Armando Silvestre) is schmoozed into serving as a guide for the expedition by the sultry Miss Williams. The men were nominally positioned as adversaries over the blonde babe but I never got the impression that this was ever a serious rivalry. A better one was John Wayne squaring off against Rossano Brazzi over Sophia Loren in 1957's "Legend of the Lost".The picture has some interesting sequences early on with that colorful dance and procession by the locals of Papartla town, and those human 'flying eagles' on the towering maypole whirling around. Even with all the jungle intrigue to follow though, I had to sigh over the lame save at the end of the story when it looked like Miss Williams was a goner. Whenever it's like a hundred against three and the three win, there should at least be a little suspense to the situation.Not much else to say about this flick except I can't sign off without mentioning a single great line of dialog when the expedition got under way. When the intrepid trio saw what looked like a temple in the middle of the desert, Professor Burton had to impress us with his knowledge - "It's just an optical illusion caused by the variation of the refractive index of the atmosphere and sunlight". He could have said it was just a mirage.

Peggy Castle was one lovely female...yessir. She was basically a dead ringer for Lana Turner. Unfortunately Hollywood already had Lana. Oh well. This film worked well for me. This is not your typical jungle adventure that looks to impress Tarzan fans first. No, this is a very adult Jungle adventure that should appeal to all of us who at one time or another have participated in the game of love.Peggy Castle plays a photographer who skillfully plays one man off another in order to get what she wants. Of course it all blows up in a film noir kind of way and ends tragically. The little three way game of sexual one upmanship is directed well and reasonably well acted. The steam that Castle emanates goes a long way towards making this work. The color photography was nice, especially considering the great locales. I enjoyed this quite nicely, in a weird way it reminded me of the second half of Gone With The Wind with the way the steamy melodrama unfolded. The action scenes that depicted the final events would have been better with slightly more authentic looking Indians. The rescue of the girl was highly improbable but the finale included an interesting little twist there with the unusual demise of the guide. I found this an interesting movie with very cool sexual undertones that kept me glued to my TV set. Unique...worth a look for a glimpse of Peggy Castle at her apex.

Opens with Robert Burton (William Lundigan "Santa Fe Trail") dictating into his recorder. He is giving the story of El Taxim, the Mayan Temple, but during this and other parts of the film, the sound is choppy and small portions are missing. This disc is part of a 50 film collection of "action classics" from Treeline/TCM, and much of the color is also faded and washed out . Burton meets up with Kathryn Williams, ( Peggy Castle, who made lots of westerns in the 1950s) who has been assigned as his photographer. Burton doesn't like the idea of having a female photographer along, but later decides she's not so bad. We also get to witness some interesting native Mexican festival rites which may or may not be authentic. Local native Juan Cervantes (Armando Silvestre, actor from Mexico who made many movies from the 1940s right up until 1999) promises to help her find the jungle to research a more primitive, traditional population, but of course this only causes more friction with Burton, her boss. Through Burton's stupidity, they lose supplies in a sandstorm; moving on, they stop at Juan's ranch before continuing on their expedition, with their singing band of helpers. At one point, they cross paths with a raccoon, and Kathryn asks "What's that?" One might think she would recognize a raccoon, on either side of the border...Then the troubles begin... and things get a little unbelieve-able, but I guess we're just along for the adventure. The travel to exotic lands would have been quite interesting before people did as much travel as they do today.

Robert "archaeologist" wants to record and study the lifestyle of an ancient civilization in the jungles of Mexico. The photographer elected to capture and record this historic moment is Catherine. A guide is needed to lead the expedition. Juan "a plantation owner" agrees to lead only because he has fallen in love with the "woman with golden hair." The aloof Robert fails in love with Catherine, but she first chooses "passionate" Juan. Robert ends up her second pick. The trio finally find the tribe but Catherine accidently leads to the death of the chief's son. She is to be sacrificed. At the end of this film the three battle the odds against the whole tribe.Some good exterior scenes of plateaus and jungle landscape. The rest of the film suffers from the rather dullness of Robert. Even the love triangle theme fails to impact this film.