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Bookmark this pageKings of the Sun (1963)
Director: J Lee Thompson
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From Time Out Film Guide
An ambitious, if ludicrous, pre-Western, marking the struggles between exiled Mayan tribesmen (led by Chakiris as Prince Balam) and the native Indians (Brynner as Chief Black Eagle) in what eventually became Texas, achieving peaceful coexistence after the Mayans abandon their rites of human sacrifice. On the heels of this portentous exotica, co-writer James R Webb picked up the same year's Oscar for what might be construed as the continuing story, How the West Was Won. PT.Author:
Cast & crew
Director: J Lee Thompson
Producer: Lewis J Rachmil
Cast: Yul Brynner, George Chakiris, Shirley Anne Field, Richard Basehart, Brad Dexter, Barry Morse, Armando Silvestre, Leo Gordon full cast
Genre(s): Action/Adventure
Duration: 107 mins
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