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On the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, the Native American tribe of chief Black Eagle clashes with the Mayan tribe of king Balam.
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Chief Black Eagle
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Balam
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Ixchel
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Ah Min
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Ah Haleb
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Ah Zok
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Isatai
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Hunac Ceel
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Ixzubin (as Victoria Vettri)
Rudy Solari ...
Pitz
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The Chief
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Angel Di Steffano ...
Balam
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The Youth
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Narrator (uncredited)
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Indian Warrior Friend to Black Eagle (uncredited)
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Mayan Elder (uncredited)

Directed by

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J. Lee Thompson

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Elliott Arnold ... (story)
 
Elliott Arnold ... (screenplay) and
James R. Webb ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Lewis J. Rachmil ... producer
Sandy Whitelaw ... associate producer (as Alexander Whitelaw)

Music by

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Elmer Bernstein

Cinematography by

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Joseph MacDonald ... director of photography

Editing by

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William Reynolds

Editorial Department

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Larry Allen ... assistant editor

Art Direction by

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Alfred Ybarra

Costume Design by

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Norma Koch

Makeup Department

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Mary Babcock ... hair stylist
Emile LaVigne ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Nate H. Edwards ... production manager
Robert E. Relyea ... unit manager
Allen K. Wood ... production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Tom Shaw ... assistant director (as Thomas Shaw)
John Flynn ... second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Joe LaBella ... properties

Sound Department

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Wayne Fury ... sound effects editor (as Wayne B. Fury)
Bert Hallberg ... sound
Gilbert D. Marchant ... sound effects editor

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Roscoe Cline ... special effects

Stunts

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Jerry Gatlin ... stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Hayward ... stunt double (uncredited)
Bob Herron ... stunts (uncredited)
Roy Jenson ... stunts (uncredited)
Hal Needham ... stunts (uncredited)
Ronnie Rondell Jr. ... stunts (uncredited)
Dean Smith ... stunts (uncredited)
Buddy Van Horn ... stunts (uncredited)
Marvin Willens ... stunts (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Eric Seelig ... wardrobe

Music Department

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Richard Carruth ... music editor

Script and Continuity Department

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John Franco ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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'Chema' Hernandez ... head wrangler (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

In order to flee from powerful enemies, young Mayan king Balam leads his people north across the Gulf of Mexico to the coast of what will become the United States. They build a home in the new land but come into conflict with a tribe of Native Americans led by their chief, Black Eagle, while both Balam and Black Eagle fall in love with the beautiful Mayan princess Ixchel. Written by Bruno Antony

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Taglines How a lost world became a new world of adventure! See more »
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Also Known As
  • The Mound Builders (United States)
  • Les rois du soleil (France)
  • Los reyes del sol (Spain)
  • Królowie słońca (Poland)
  • Os Reis do Sol (Portugal)
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Runtime
  • 108 min
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Budget $4,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Some key scenes were actually filmed at the pyramid at Chichen Itza. See more »
Goofs The Mayan Tribe has relocated to the Mississippi delta area yet the tribal dress of the local Indians is of the upper plains (Cheyenne and Sioux) or lower Mohawk Valley (Algonquin) tribes. The locals also use teepees rather than the log huts traditional to the lower delta area. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in 1963 (2019). See more »
Quotes Chief Black Eagle: Being rooted like trees never was meant for us. I take my people to where we belong. For there is no roof but the sky. For there are no walls to the edges of the earth. I take them to where birds sing for us. And where we live free like the deer.
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