Secret of the Incas - Pt.1

[HenryConway007]

Wow! Talk about plagiarism!

[realistromeo]

INDIANA HESTON AND THE SECRET OF DOOM!

Lol heston was the man.... love seeing the real sites as well.

[SPS148669]

I am a fanboy of the Inca Empire cause I hate Chinese people!

[MEgues]

@SPS148669 y ur chinese?

i think chinese culture is cool to know..

[SPS148669]

@MEgues

I am Native American!

[MEgues]

@SPS148669 so y u hate the chinese?

[SPS148669]

@MEgues

Cause they won't stay in their country.

[MEgues]

@SPS148669 lol..geez theyre everywhere just like any race..except urs no offense..

[manofmystery26]

haha indiana jones:)

[SuperJamesbyrne]

@manofmystery26 Yes its vey funny the resemblance of Harry Steele to Indy Jones. Funny - but not coincidental.

[doctornoooo]

probably I would have liked Heston, but most of his movies were pretty bad

including yes Ben Hur and 10 commandments he is ghastly in Touch of Evil

passable in Big Country and equally so in Dark City  but hey if some of you liked him or were enthralled, great, for me this was his movie where he was quite good, scurrilous, almost snarling, but he had severe limitations: though again, was probably a nicer guy than many actors with much more range

[SuperJamesbyrne]

@doctornoooo reckons Heston is an insipid actor and now claims that most of his movies were pretty bad., including (get this!) BEN-HUR and THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.

As ridiculous opinions go -that was something else! but wait ... there's even more, the doctor exclaims that he was ghastly in TOUCH OF EVIL and (best of the lot!) only passable in THE BIG COUNTRY.

Methinks he aint no film critic.

[SuperJamesbyrne]

Anyone who describes classics like THE TEN COMMANDMENTS and BEN-HUR as "crap" shouldn't be displaying their ignorance on an internet forum.



[SuperJamesbyrne]

paulmurphy42 - it may have taken 10 takes to get those burros to stay put like that as the autocarril and the red truck approached. I always reckoned that this scene signified that the two leading characters, Harry Steele and Elena Antonescu, were at the crossroads of their lives, but Dave Lee, the guy that designed my site on SECRET OF THE INCAS, is adamant that the scene represents the ancient and the modern forms of transport in Peru.

[jamesbyrne52]

paulmurphy42 - that's what my kids have said they're going to do. Haha.

[robertquentincobb]

Charlton Heston is Simply EXCELLENT in the Role. He is the Best Indiana Jones. Thanks for posting!

[jamesbyrne52]

I love the two Indian extras standing up asleep in the background behind Charlton Heston when he's ripping off Marion Ross. Hilarious! I know that the people of Cuzco are renowned for being laid back ... but' thats just ridiculous!

[paulmurphy42]

@jamesbyrne52 James, I've got an idea. When you die I'll bury a copy of SOTI in the coffin with you!

[kanfor]

"Gasolina, no hay gasolina"

[paulmurphy42]

This is a truly wonderful film...a romantic adventure that is truly the ultimate stress buster. Watch it after a shit day at work to sooth your nerves! If you don't feel better after listening to the opening score, you never will!

[pacus2006]

"Hey Poro...poro poro...vine zacatote".what language is he talking? Does he mean "burro" instead "poro", who teached spanish to this people?

[gotalifeanditsmine]

@pacus2006 es una pelicula de los cincuenta calmese

[SuperJamesbyrne]

@pacus2006

Heston clearly says "Burro ... burro!". Heston is speaking Spanish in this scene. In other scenes later in the movie he speaks a little Quechuan.

[pacus2006]

@SuperJamesbyrne "Clearly"? Not for hispanic ears, it sounds like "paw-taw, paw-taw" (poro, poro), not "boo-raw" (burro). the rest of what he says has no meaning at all.

[SuperJamesbyrne]

@pacus2006

I asked some of my Spanish friends to translate Heston's lines on Facebook a few months back, and they had no problem with most of what Chuck said.

[pacus2006]

@SuperJamesbyrne Maybe they are not pure spanish, but spanglish. I thinked he was talking in quechua or some indian language on the first lines, but never spanish.

[SuperJamesbyrne]

@pacus2006

You are correct, they didn't understand some of the lines spoken by Heston in the "burro, burro" sequence. I backtracked onto the old Facebook page and some of them were confused by what he was saying. Sorry mate.

[pacus2006]

@SuperJamesbyrne OK no problemo. :)

[alvarbilly]

Cheese of excellence!

[Final1x]

WHY THE FUCK is there only one shit fucking copy of this movie on the internet, this is the copy I've seen with good quality, please upload this full movie somewhere else like the pirate bay.

[jac6995]

@Final1x Maybe try buying it if you're so desperate

[SliceFriedGold]

Thank you for uploading this film. I am sending emails to TCM of playing this film

[giancarlit0]

wow nice!

[Impowers]

Heston was a hell of an actor, period. Watchable even in crap like "Ben Hur," incandescent in a really good movie like this one, and Heston made quite a few of them. I think his politics and dust-up with Gore Vidal (one of the best writers) have injured his reputation but his films remain to rectify this. He was the exact polar opposite of insipid as an actor. Oddly, in his first film, "Dark City," made when he was 23, he seemed the completely mature Heston, without a trace of boyishness.

[diddymuck]

@Impowers Ben Hur = Crap? You may be thinking of The Ten Commandments with its floweriness and way-overdone drama. Ben Hur was a well-articulated slice of Ancient Roman life.

[Ganavon]

Is this from the AMC TV Broadcast a few years ago? If not, where??

[Ganavon]

Is this from the AMC TV Broadcast from a few years ago? It is very crisp and would love a copy!!!!

[171view]

Thanks for posting, now this is a classic hollywood adventure. Not the lame crap that comes out today



[Beeshington]

Thank you so much for uploading this. I really appreciate it :)

[ethansloan]

that opening chant music was used in the big lebowski! remember, when the naked chick is being tosses in the air at jackie treehorn's place.

[Vanwall]

"Harry Steele (Charlton Heston) is the smart, two-fisted relic hunter...... Jerry Hopper directed Secret of the Incas."

Nice blurb. I thought it was pretty good when I wrote it for a guy who had the plot all screwed up on a sleeve. Always interesting to see where one's words go.

[doctornoooo]

our thanks to duster: how in the world they let the rights lapse on this is a bloody miracle. Look at all the woof woofs they kept on the leash and let this black lab go. Where duster found it is worth a parade down Hollywood Boulevard. Thomas Mitchell near the end is fabulous "gravity got me Harry, it's a terrible thing, gravity." They don't write dialog that good anymore.

[doctornoooo]

Heston usually was a fairly insipid actor: but somehow this role fits him like a damned glove. He was better as a slightly slimy guy somehow. Hard to come up with another actor that would have filled this role so well. For me this and his character in The Naked Jungle (there he is also fairly unlikable) were his best.

[duster413]

@doctornoooo I'm inclined to agree with your comment. Heston was always great as a "mercenary" type character. Too bad he didn't have more roles in this vain......

[duster413]

UPDATE:!!! As of December 8th, I've noticed that this video is now available as a "Watch Instantly" on NetFlix. If there has been a re-release of it, I'm sure this won't be here much longer.....

[paulmurphy42]

How do they arrange things at 2:18 so that the mules stay put when the monorail and truck converge on them simultaneously? They don't seem to be tied down...you'd think they'd run away. It's little touches like that which make this film magical!

[doctornoooo]

@paulmurphy42 It does give a new dimension to the phrase stubborn as a mule

[SuperJamesbyrne]

@doctornoooo reckons that Heston "was a faily insipid actor". That is the stupidest remark I have ever read on youtube.

[666Afrikaner]

Wait a second- listen to that music! I'm expecting Jackie Treehorn to walk the fuck out into the first frame to greet Charlton Heston.

[lookbacktime]

@666Afrikaner -- Yeah, that was my thoughts exactly hearing that title music, LOL. Does Chuck Heston doodle on a notepad in this too?

[gafisher001]

Thank you for posting this; I've been trying to find a copy for years! Your upload is excellent, but can you tell me where to get a copy of the clean original you used?

[azzorroww]

a very interesting film but so hard to find today reading web sites they said it was a low budget film how can this be when it was shot on location, it has a style and unexpected subtility no explosions like on the later indy inspired films, i love the music where the river is shown in the film first time breath taking why so many detractors from heston not mention in any of his bio's , great chrachters a underrated film.

[luckyswine]

Only the silk ascot keeps him from full Indyage.  Seriously some of these lines are pure Indy. Love the Yma Sumac lush exotica title track too.

[SuperJamesbyrne]

@luckyswine

Heston's scarf isn't a silk ascot. Its a bathtowel he stole from a hotel in La Paz, Bolivia. If you look closely in some scenes you can clearly read "Hotel La Paz" written in blue writing on the towel. Heston wore this to signify what a cheapskate scoundrel his character Harry Steele was.

[lebow1]

MUCH BETTER THAN "RAIDERS" !

[mooreentstudios]

Awesome, thanks for uploading!

[Mitsueisa]

read the book lost city of the incas!! the real indy

[Mitsueisa]

hiram bingham is one of the real indiana jones

[thetoyreviewerisdead]

Indy is still better!

[SuperJamesbyrne]

@thetoyreviewerisdead reckons that Indy is better than SECRET OF THE INCAS. The Harrison Ford movies may have more thrills and spills in them but this old 1954 movie is just dripping with class.

[Blackcrow911]

Thanks for putting this up!

[ElConductista]

Una real joya del cine clásico.

[Phalces]

Not bad. Heston is fun to watch. Better then the Raiders films which obviously ripped this off. I like Harry's remark at the end .... A little too gaudy for me! The same could be said for the movie itself

[gacipolion]

Indiana Jones is inspired in Harry Steel, of course.

[dearmalika]

I remember this movie! I was a little girl

but I never forget it! The fantastic voice of

great Yma Sumac!

Thanks so much for sharing this film!

[djuma77]

Thanks! It's a really fun film! I agree with the comments that this is really a blueprint for the Indiana Jones films. A similar storyline, characters, wisecracking hero, hero's coat and hat, exotic settings, even the same studio- Paramount. I think Indy is a fusion of the idealistic Robert Young character, and the mercenary Heston one. For example, Indy always insists that all archaeological finds belong in a museum. A minor point- Yma Sumac's singer seems a little too jazz clubby in style.

[gatoverde66]

Tribute to the Incas,check my channel .

[gatoverde66]

Homenaje a Los Incas,chekeen mi canal .

[TaylorK1984]

awesome! on another note, this intro music was later used in The Big Lebowski during the beach scene with jackie treehorn.

[baboonsofsteel43]

It's pretty cool how you can see how much this movie influenced the Indiana Jones movies. Its almost like watching a lost adventure of Indiana.

[xochitl10tapia]

wat in the world?

[andrebontemp]

where is yma sumac ,

[FierceEyedTiger]

Thanks!

[lnsensei]

In addition to my previous cpmment - does anyone else think maybe Indiana Jones was created out of this character?

[duster413]

There is no doubt about it....Read the info column to the right. All that's missing is the Bullwhip.

[lnsensei]

"Call me Harry." I love this Charlton Heston movie. What a sleazeball rascal and what a man!!!!

[drcoxcentral]

Finally!! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! You do realize you are a God for posting this up!! I was wondering when somebody would post the whole film!

[daltondahmen]

Thankyou, I cant find this film anywhere. Does anyone know?

[plastique45]

How do you define this film as public domain? It did feature a Paramount © notice.

[Fuzzyfoot88]

"The Berne Act" clearly states: films unreleased in the United States, including original version of films altered and/or edited for release in the United States, are not protected by American copyright; thus, they are considered public domain.

This has never been released, even on VHS

[Indienads]

Thanks for posting. I've heard this is the film that profoundly influenced Indiana Jones.

[traningday]

Look at Charlton Heston's clothes in this film. Anything familiar? Brown leather jacket, fedora hat. Still don't know? Well, then ask Harrison Ford. Oh you got it now!! Yes, is this where the look of Indiana Jones originated??

[mirhan]

thank you for the video

[denberg2]

Wonderful!