Three main characters - Joe January (Wayne) a rough, hard-drinking ne'er-do-well guide (antagonist); Dita (Loren) - a beautiful prostitute/pickpocket; and 3) Paul Bonnard (Brazzi), a Frenchman searching for treasure of a lost city in order to do good for mankind (protagonist). Joe, who initially sneers at Bonnard, eventually comes to admire him. Bonnard treats Dita as human. But Bonnard has a tragic flaw - he has modeled himself on his father, and when he finds his father had feet of clay, he self-destructs. Antagonist and protagonist change places in the X (chi) formula of Greek tragedy roughly halfway through the movie.
Decent script and good acting, although as another reviewer mentions, Wayne and Loren lack chemistry.
Decent script and good acting, although as another reviewer mentions, Wayne and Loren lack chemistry.
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