The Avengers (1950)
A Great Rex Beach Adventure!
The attractive Argentine Don Careless is an adventurer and an excellent swordsman. Don is in love with Maria Moreno, since he had to emerge her jewels and had thereby to kill a shark. Don tries to prevent the forced marriage of Mary with the ruthless revolutionary Colonel Luis Corral. An armed clash between Don and Luis seems inevitable.
- Date of release
- 1950-06-10
- TMDB
- 8.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Adventure
- Director
- John H. Auer
Casting
- John Carroll — Don Careless / Francisco Suarez
- Adele Mara — Maria Moreno
- Mona Maris — Yvonne
- Roberto Airaldi — Col. Luis Corral
- Vicente Padula — El Mocho / Hernandez
- Cecile Lezard — Pamela
- Juan Olaguibel — Sancho
- Fernando Lamas — Andre LeBlanc
- Jorge Villoldo — Don Rafael Moreno
Interesting facts
The Avengers is a 1950 American swashbuckler film and adventure film directed by John H. Auer and starring John Carroll, Fernando Lamas, and Adele Mara. The picture was shot on location in Argentina.
Production
The film was shot on location in Buenos Aires. Originally Dolores del Río was supposed to portray Maria Moreno, but she was replaced with Mara because of a dispute with Argentine First Lady Eva Perón, who was originally intended to appear in the film.
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