That Man from Rio
That Man From Rio French LHomme de Rio is a 1964 adventure film directed by Philippe de Broca and starring JeanPaul Belmondo and Franoise Dorlac. It was the first film to be made by the French subsidiary of United Artists, Les Productions Artistes Associs. The film was a huge success with a total of 4,800,626 admissions in France, becoming the 5th highest earning film of the year.
As airman Adrien Dufourquet embarks on an 8day leave in Paris to see his fiance, Agns, two South American Indians steal an Amazon statuette from a museum and force Professor Catalan, the curator, into their car. Catalan was Agns fathers companion on an Amazon expedition during which her father died. Catalan believes that the statuette is one of three which hold the secret to an Amazon treasure. Adrien arrives in time to see the Indians abducting Agns, the only one who knows the location of the other statuettes, and he pursues them to the airport where he steals a ticket and boards the same plane.Adrien tells the pilot that his fiance has been abducted, but Agns has been drugged and does not recognize him. The pilot plans to have Adrien arrested when they reach Rio de Janeiro, but Adrien eludes the police upon arrival. With the help of Sir Winston, a Brazilian bootblack, Adrien rescues Agns. They retrieve the first statuette, but the Indians steal it back again. ........
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