DramaActionAdventure

The Adventurers

- Nothing has been left out of "The Adventurers".

The wealthy playboy son of an assassinated South American diplomat discovers that his father was murdered on orders of the corrupt president of the country- a man who was his father's friend and who, in fact, his father had helped put into power. He returns from living a jet-set life in Europe to lead a revolution against the government, only to find out that things aren't quite as black and white as he'd assumed.

Release Date : 1970-03-25

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Paramount PicturesAVCO Embassy Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Marcel Campion

Original Name : Charles Aznavour

Gender : Male

Character Name : President Rojo

Original Name : Alan Badel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sue Ann Daley

Original Name : Candice Bergen

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sergei Nikovitch

Original Name : Thommy Berggren

Gender : Male

Character Name : Caroline de Coyne

Original Name : Delia Boccardo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Fat Cat

Original Name : Ernest Borgnine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Baron de Coyne

Original Name : Rossano Brazzi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Deborah Hadley

Original Name : Olivia de Havilland

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dax Xenos

Original Name : Bekim Fehmiu

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dania Leonardi

Original Name : Anna Moffo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jaime Xenos

Original Name : Fernando Rey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Amparo Rojo

Original Name : Leigh Taylor-Young

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Erickson

Original Name : Yolande Donlan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mr.James Hadley

Original Name : John Ireland

Gender : Male

Character Name : El Condor

Original Name : Jorge Martínez de Hoyos

Gender : Male

Character Name : Robert

Original Name : Christian Roberts

Gender : Male

Character Name : Denisonde

Original Name : Angela Scoular

Gender : Female

Character Name : Col. Gutierrez (as Sidney Tafler)

Original Name : Sydney Tafler

Gender : Male

Character Name : El Lobo

Original Name : Yorgo Voyagis

Gender : Male

Character Name : April Stavronis

Original Name : Milena Vukotić

Gender : Female

Character Name : Young Dax

Original Name : Loris Loddi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sergei's Father

Original Name : Ferdy Mayne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Trustee Banker

Original Name : Peter Graves

Gender : Male

Character Name : Belinda

Original Name : Jaclyn Smith

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hugh

Original Name : Allan Cuthbertson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective

Original Name : Michael Balfour

Gender : Male

Character Name : Natalia (as Katia Christina)

Original Name : Katia Christine

Gender : Female

Character Name : Giulia (uncredited)

Original Name : Nadia Scarpitta

Gender : Male

Reviews

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2021-06-23

Odd blending of Hollywoodized soap opera and Sam Peckinpah-ish nihilistic slaughter RELEASED IN 1970 and directed by Lewis Gilbert, "The Adventurers" chronicles the life of Dax Xenos (Bekim Fehmiu) who, as a little boy in 1945, witnesses the violent deaths of his mother & sister during a revolution in the fictional South American country Corteguay. Much later, as an ambassador’s son in Rome, he’s an emotionally cold playboy who marries solely for wealth (Candice Bergen), but he’s haunted by Corteguay and maintains relations with the dubious dictator (Alan Badel). Ernest Borgnine plays Dax’ spiritual guardian, Fat Cat. The movie’s based on Harold Robbins’ book of the same title, which was loosely based on the real-life Porfirio Rubirosa, an oft-married wealthy playboy, diplomat and polo player who had a relationship with the dictator of the Dominican Republic, Rafael Trujillo. “The Adventurers” is a curious amalgamation of Hollywood soap opera (e.g. 1967’s “Valley of the Dolls”) and Italo-Western-like slaughter with a Euro-robot as the leading man. The movie vacillates between starving children in South America, disco-a-go-go fashion shows in Rome or New York, machine-gun massacres, hedonistic sex romps and the disingenuous courting of rich women. It’s basically a wannabe "Doctor Zhivago" (1965), but lacking that iconic picture’s surreal and compelling artistry. The spectacularly engineered battle sequences were created by the James Bond stunt-genius Bob Simmons, featuring hundreds of real men (played by actual Columbian militants), real tanks, real trains and real planes, all getting blown to pieces before your very eyes with absolutely no CGI. The above reveals many points of interest, but I was well into the second half of the almost-3-hour flick when I realized that none of the characters interested me, particularly the protagonist. I’m not sure if the problem was the script, the story or the actor (Fehmiu), but the drama came across consistently flat. Another problem is the women. While there are several notables besides Bergen (Olivia de Havilland, Leigh Taylor-Young, Delia Boccardo, Jaclyn Smith, etc.) the camera either never captures their beauty or they’re too anorexic to fascinate in the first place. On the positive side, the action-packed conclusion is gripping and the message is timeless: Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. THE FILM RUNS 2 hours, 57 minutes and was shot in Colombia (Cartagena & Bogota), Puerto Rico, Italy (Rome & Venice) and New York City. GRADE: C