Urubu
Cast & Crew
George Breakston
Yorke Coplen
George Breakston
Mike Roginsky
George Breakston
George Breakston
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Synopsis
Planning to make an expedition into the Matto Grosso jungle, George Breakston and Yorke Coplen fly from Los Angeles to Brazil. Their Brazilian guide is explorer Mike Roginsky. Accompanied by Brazilian natives, Breakston and Coplen search for an English explorer who disappeared in the jungle twenty-five years earlier and is now rumored to be the leader of a group of Indians. Along the way, Coplen wrestles with an alligator. On the river, a native falls into the water and is eaten alive by piranhas. The expedition arrives at a small village, where they meet a white doctor. Although he has no information about the lost explorer, he tells them about a white woman who has been captured by a band of Urubu Indians. Led by the doctor, they rescue the woman, a schoolteacher. When the men are about to leave, they discover the body of a white man dressed in Indian garb. Because he is dead, however, Breakston and Coplen realize they will never know if he is the man for whom they were searching.
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Although the film was not viewed, the above credits were taken from a masterpositive print. Onscreen credits include a copyright statement, but the film is not listed in the copyright records. The print had two title cards, one of which read: "Urubu-The Story of Vulture People." The film opens with the following written statement: "This motion picture was photographed in the deep interior of Brazil. Except for the motion picture explorers, George Breakston and Yorke Coplen, who portray themselves, the entire cast is native. The Producers sincerely thank the Brazilian Indian Service Bureau, without whose help and guidance, the wild uncharted regions of the Matto Grosso could never have been reached." Breakston and Coplen were former actors. The film was made during a seven-month safari, according to the Daily Variety review. The New York Times review states that the film, "Looks for all the world as though it had been photographed in a studio-made jungle...the whole thing was most obviously staged." The Los Angeles Times reviewer agreed that the film seemed contrived, but added, "You can take the 'plot' with a grain of salt and still enjoy the picture." Holbrook N. Todd's onscreen credit reads "Associate Producer and Film Editor." Breakston's and Coplen's credits read "Produced-Directed-Photographed by."
