Angel on the Amazon

I have had the GREAT JOY of FINALLY locating this film after not seeing it in about 30 years! Like some of the earlier comments,this haunting film has stayed with me since and just in the last few weeks,after persistently looking on the web to see if ANYONE had it on video for purchase,I FOUND a company named learmedia in Canada..I'm still pinching myself to believe that I have it at last! Angel on the Amazon is a film that still evokes romantic fantasy,psychological tension and a very satisfying ending.A must for those film collectors who find the needle in the haystack...Vera Hruba Ralston is a minor actress who gives a stellar performance and is backed by noted Brian Aherne,George Brent and Constance Bennett

George Brent, Vera Hruba Ralston, Constance Bennett, and Brian Aherne star in "Angel on the Amazon" from 1948. Everyone in the cast had seen better days, so this is a poverty row film.

It's an odd story about a woman, Christine Ridgeway (Ralston) who meets a group of scientists whose plane has been downed in the jungle. The pilot, Jim Warburton (Brent) falls for Christine immediately. However, she continues to reject him. He later learns why.

I guess some people have been very enamored of this film, as the reviews on IMDb indicate. Have to stay the opening scene of a leopard being killed didn't do much for me.

The story was somewhat intriguing, and the film had a sweet ending. I just found the whole thing odd. I mainly watched it for Constance Bennett, who was her usual beautiful self. She frankly deserved better.

This is a haunting story about a woman who goes on a safari with her husband, had a traumatic occurrence and ceases to age and all the problems that occur as a result. Wish I could find this film to see again!!

I saw this movie as "Drums Along the Amazon" when I was a boy of about 15 to 17 in England. I am 66 now and I have never had the opportunity to see it since and neither have I ever forgotten it. Why? Because it is a haunting film that captured the imagination....maybe looking for that certain something in the jungle of life that always seems to just elude us.

As I remember, Vera Ralston played an excellent part as Christine Ridgeway. She definitely commanded the film more so than George Brent.

Genre films of the late 40's are particularly interesting to me. Many of them have strong elements of film noir (i.e. snappy dialogue, moody settings, diabolical villains, etc.) and they often had offbeat plot lines.

"Angel on the Amazon" is quite entertaining with a competent cast, jungle thrills, love triangles, and a haunted femme fatale. One surprisingly intense flashback scene was that of a panther that was stalking sleeping members of a safari (complete with well staged high angle shots).

I recommend that any fan of vintage genre films to seek out this B+ film title out.