Manoa, the City of Gold

 

Manoa la ciudad de oro – Spanish title

Маноа. Золотой город – Russian title

Manoa, the City of Gold – English title

 

A 1996 Spanish film production [Teresa Sancho de Meras, Grup Somni, Enrique Cerezo

     Producciones Cinematográficas S.A. (Madrid)]

Producer: J.P. Simon (Juan Piquer Simón), José Ortega, Primitivo Rodríguez

Director: Juan Piquer Simón

Story: E Salgari (Emilio Salgari)

Screenplay: Juan Piquer Simón

Cinematography: Julio Bragado (Julio Darman) [Eastmancolor]

Music:

Running time: 80 minutes

 

Cast:

Webber - Andrés Alexis

Marcella - Cristina Cavallaro

Carnot – John Legget

Fernando - Juan C. Gabarda (Juan Carlos Gabarda)

Manuel - Juan C. Lee (Juan Carlos Lee)

Morgan - Frank Braña

Harkin - Fabrizio Meschini

Senor Rostand - Manuel Máñez

Brujo Indian - Germán Montaner

Guía Indian – Omar Chira

Cantinero - Vicente Amaya

Indio Shaw - Javier Sanchís

Guerrero Inca - Fernando Misiego (Fernando Missiego)

Sinoky - Francisco Pardo (Francisco Pardo López)

Hombres - Ricardo Gómez, Juan Prado, Edmond Peter Clay, Sergio George Reig

Pistoleros - Ximo Martínez, Juan E. Chira, Rafael Rodríguez, Javier Pérez

With: Ricardo Gregori, Paloma Gómez, José A. Rodríguez, Marta Murcia

 

Webber (Andrés Alexis) and Fernando (Juan C. Gabarda) find an old Indian who has been beaten almost to death. But before dying he entrusts them with an Inca map that describes the location of a hidden treasure, for which they will have to fight to find it before anyone else.

 

It’s based on a story by Emilio Salgari (by way of Jules Verne) set in the 1920's.

Made by Enrique Cerezo who produced "Outlaw Justice", "Dollar for the Dead" & "Return of El Coyote" (all 1998). He also made a pair of Vampire films, "La Venganza de Ira Vamp" (2010) and "Argento's Dracula" (2012). Cerezo most recently remade Jesus Franco's "Los últimos de Filipinas", as "1898: Our Last Men in the Philippines" (2016).

[submitted by Gary Williams, Michael Ferguson]