The Golden Mistress (1954)
Ann Dexter, daughter of an itinerant Haiti waterfront character, Carl Dexter, brings a golden idol, which her father her stolen at a voodoo ceremony, to Bill Buchanan, who is known along the waterfront as a man eternally on a treasure hunt. He agrees to let Ann accompany him in search of the treasure after a native he befriended gives him directions and certain voodoo secret charms. They follow an underwater passage to an island where they find a Pagan tribe. They learn that the golden idol is a burial symbol representing the dead and that hundreds of idols are at the bottom of the sacred burial lake.
- Date of release
- 1954-10-29
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Genres
- Adventure, Horror
- Director
- Abner Biberman
Casting
- John Agar — Bill Buchanan
- Rosemarie Stack — Ann Dexter
- Abner Biberman — Carl Dexter
- André Narcisse — Iznard, Dombala Houngan
- Jacques Molant — Ti Flute
- André Contant — Dombala Soloist
- Pierre Blain — The Houngan
- Shibley Talamas — DuPuis
- André Saint-Germain — Spearman
- Napoleon Bernard — Dombala Soloist
- Ti-Koko
- Théodore Beaubrun Jr. — Toulouse (uncredited)
Interesting facts
The Golden Mistress is a 1954 American adventure horror film directed by Abner Biberman and starring John Agar and Rosemarie Stack. It is set in Haiti, and deals with the search for a voodoo treasure.
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