Green Mansions

IMDb link: 0052864
IMDb rating: 5.3 (2,809 votes)
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Director: Anthony Perkins, Mel Ferrer
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Lee J. Cobb, Sessue Hayakawa and others

Release date: 20 May 1959
Release year: 1959
Runtime: 104 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: jungle adventure, 1890s, amazon, jungle, venezuela, based on novel, two word title, cultural difference, bare chested man, amazon jungle

Plot:

Abel, son of a murdered government official escapes into the Venezuelan interior bent on revenge. Beyond the jungle in a dense forest, Abel finds an ethereal, innocent girl who has bonded completely with nature, although raised solely by her mysterious grandfather. Eventually, Abel must try and save the girl from her grandfather's duplicity and the superstitions of menacing natives while coming to terms with his own beliefs.

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