The Secret of the Sacred Forest
Cast & Crew
Michael Du Pont
Gary Merrill
Jon Provost
Henry Duval
Leo Martinez
Michael Parsons
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Synopsis
Chris Carpenter, an adventurous newspaperman set on exposing a drug-smuggling ring, is reported dead in an airplane crash in the Sacred Forest, a mountainous terrain in the Philippines that is still the habitat of headhunters. Jimmy, his teenaged brother, does not believe that he was killed and stows away on a Manila-bound merchant airship. Eluding the Philippine authorities, Jimmy befriends Bayani, a native boy who offers to help find Chris. Mike Parks, an American Embassy attaché eager to take Jimmy into custody for illegal entry into the country, finds him with Fely, Chris's secretary. The boy escapes with Bayani to the mountains, followed by Garciá, a double agent for the government, and Brownie, a traitorous American black marketeer. Annie, a mountain girl, leads the boys into the Sacred Forest, but Jimmy is caught by Brownie, who is killed when they are attacked by headhunters. Jimmy escapes with the assistance of Parks, and the smugglers are apprehended, with Chris among them. He had planted the story of his own death to enable him to infiltrate the gang and bring the drug traffickers to justice.
Director
Michael Du Pont
Cast
Gary Merrill
Jon Provost
Henry Duval
Leo Martinez
Michael Parsons
Dave Harvey
Laurie Agudo
Christina Ponce-enrile
Vic Silayan
Rolf Bayer
Mona Morena
Lola Boy
Louis Florentino
Joseph De Cordova
Carol Varga
Bruno Punzalan
Poch Apostol
Fred Viray
Don Smith
Zenaida Amador
Gami Virray
Vincente Sempio
Crew
Demetrio Carrianga
William Copeland
William Copeland
William Copeland
William Copeland
Tony Di Marco
Herschel Burke Gilbert
Herschel Burke Gilbert
Ernest Hughes
Ernest Hughes
Art Jacobs
Angel Pena
Vincente Sempio
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Filmed in the Philippines.
