The Spiral Road
The Spiral Road is a 1962 American drama starring Rock Hudson, Burl Ives, Gena Rowlands, Geoffrey Keen, Reggie Nalder and Neva Patterson. It was directed by Robert Mulligan with a screenplay by John Lee Mahin and Neil Paterson adapted from the novel by Jan de Hartog and shot in Suriname. It also featured an early score by composer Jerry Goldsmith. The film was known in Malaysia for Ibrahim Pendek who plays the character Stego Myia, is the first Malay actor to act in the Hollywood Film.
After being married with his sweetheart, Els Gena Rowlands, Drager must trek into the jungle to track down Frolick Philip Abbott, a drunken river master who is lost. Frolick has been driven mad by a shaman called Burubi Reggie Nalder. Drager eventually comes across Frolick, but ends up killing him in selfdefense.After rescuing another doctor, in the same region, Anton becomes lost in the wild. He nearly dies and has lapsed into a coma by the time he is rescued. His ordeal comes to change his perceptions and agree more with Jansen on ones need to believe in the sinful nature of humans and to maintain saving faith through the completed redemptive spiritual work of our LORD Jesus Christ. ........
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