Treasure of the Golden Condor explained

Treasure of the Golden Condor
Director:	Delmer Daves
Producer:	Jules Buck
Narrator:	Cornel Wilde
Starring:	Cornel Wilde Constance Smith Finlay Currie Walter Hampden Anne Bancroft
Music:	Sol Kaplan
Cinematography:	Edward Cronjager
Editing:	Robert L. Simpson
Studio:	20th Century Fox
Distributor:	20th Century Fox
Runtime:	93 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Budget:	$1,220,000^[1]
Gross:	$1.2 million (US rentals)^[2]

Treasure of the Golden Condor is a 1953 American Technicolor adventure film directed by Delmer Daves, starring Cornel Wilde and Constance Smith, and released by Twentieth Century Fox.^[3] The film is a remake of the 1942 film , which starred Tyrone Power. Both films were based on Benjamin Blake (1941), a novel by Edison Marshall.

Plot

Jean Paul (Cornel Wilde) is a Frenchman, who is cheated of his birthright by his deceitful uncle, Marquis de St Malo (George Macready).

Cast

• Cornel Wilde as Jean Paul
• Constance Smith as Clara MacDougal
• Finlay Currie as MacDougal
• Walter Hampden as Pierre Champlain
• Anne Bancroft as Marie, Comtesse de St. Malo
• George Macready as Marquis de St. Malo
• Fay Wray as Annette, Marquise de St. Malo
• Leo G. Carroll as Raoul Dondel
• Konstantin Shayne as Father Benoit
• House Peters as Magistrate (uncredited)
• Robert Blake as Stable Boy (uncredited)
• May Wynn as Maid (uncredited)
• Harry Cording as Breton (uncredited)

Notes and References

1. Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. . p248
2. 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, January 13, 1954
3. Web site: Treasure of the Golden Condor (1953) – Overview . Turner Classic Movies . November 4, 2018.