Kings of the Sun (1963)
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- Approved
- 1h 48min
- Adventure, Drama
- 18 Dec 1963 (USA)
- Movie
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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Yul Brynner | ... |
Chief Black Eagle
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George Chakiris | ... |
Balam
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Shirley Anne Field | ... |
Ixchel
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Richard Basehart | ... |
Ah Min
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Brad Dexter | ... |
Ah Haleb
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Barry Morse | ... |
Ah Zok
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Armando Silvestre | ... |
Isatai
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Leo Gordon | ... |
Hunac Ceel
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Victoria Vetri | ... |
Ixzubin
(as Victoria Vettri)
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Rudy Solari | ... |
Pitz
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Ford Rainey | ... |
The Chief
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Angel Di Steffano | ... |
Balam
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José Moreno | ... |
The Youth
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James Coburn | ... |
Narrator (uncredited)
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Chuck Hayward | ... |
Indian Warrior Friend to Black Eagle (uncredited)
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José Torvay | ... |
Mayan Elder (uncredited)
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Directed by
J. Lee Thompson |
Written by
Elliott Arnold | ... | (story) |
Elliott Arnold | ... | (screenplay) and |
James R. Webb | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
Lewis J. Rachmil | ... | producer |
Sandy Whitelaw | ... | associate producer (as Alexander Whitelaw) |
Music by
Elmer Bernstein |
Cinematography by
Joseph MacDonald | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
William Reynolds |
Editorial Department
Larry Allen | ... | assistant editor |
Art Direction by
Alfred Ybarra |
Costume Design by
Norma Koch |
Makeup Department
Mary Babcock | ... | hair stylist |
Emile LaVigne | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
Nate H. Edwards | ... | production manager |
Robert E. Relyea | ... | unit manager |
Allen K. Wood | ... | production supervisor |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tom Shaw | ... | assistant director (as Thomas Shaw) |
John Flynn | ... | second assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Joe LaBella | ... | properties |
Sound Department
Wayne Fury | ... | sound effects editor (as Wayne B. Fury) |
Bert Hallberg | ... | sound |
Gilbert D. Marchant | ... | sound effects editor |
Special Effects by
Roscoe Cline | ... | special effects |
Stunts
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
Eric Seelig | ... | wardrobe |
Music Department
Richard Carruth | ... | music editor |
Script and Continuity Department
John Franco | ... | script supervisor |
Additional Crew
'Chema' Hernandez | ... | head wrangler (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- United Artists (1963) (United States) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1963) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Les Artistes Associés (United Artists) (1964) (France) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1964) (Japan) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1964) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Kommunenes Filmcentral (KF) (1964) (Norway) (theatrical)
- CBS (1968) (United States) (tv)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (United States) (DVD)
- Carol Media Home (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
- Divisa Home Video (2008) (Spain) (DVD)
- Carol Media Home (2010) (Germany) (DVD) (special edition)
- HanseSound (2012) (Germany) (DVD)
- MGM Home Entertainment (2013) (United States) (DVD)
- Koch Media (2018) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- Koch Media (2018) (Germany) (DVD)
- 9Gem (2020) (Australia) (tv)
- Tubi TV (2021) (United States) (video)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Stalmaster-Lister Co. (casting)
Storyline
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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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $4,000,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
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. See more » |