Land of Fury (1954)

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Country: New Zealand, UK
Genres: Adventure, Drama, History
Release: 1954-06-24
Director: Ken Annakin
Writers: William Fairchild , John Guthrie
Language: English | Maori
Stars: Jack Hawkins , Glynis Johns , Noel Purcell , Inia Te Wiata , Kenneth Williams , Laya Raki , Patrick Warbrick , Tony Erstich , Eddie Baker , Maharaia Winiata
Runtime: 90 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Dämonen der Südsee (Germany) , Viidakko liekeissä (Finland) , Dämonen der Südsee (Austria) , Land of Fury (United States of America) , Moana, a Feiticeira do Vale (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Farlig kust (Sweden) , Търсачите (Bulgaria) , マオリ族の怒り (Japan) , Farlige kyster (Denmark) , De duivels der Zuidzee (Belgium) , Kesytön maa (Finland) , La valle dei Maori (Italy) , Pamantul furiei (Romania) , Flegomeni zougla (Greece) , The Seekers (New Zealand) , Dämonen der Südsee , Les démons des mers du Sud (Belgium) , Cautatorii (Romania) , The Seekers (Canada) , The Seekers (United Kingdom) , Moana, fille des tropiques (France, French Republic) , O thisavros ton Maori (Greece) , El valle de los maoríes (Spain) , The Seekers , Terra da Sedução (Brazil)
Plot: In 1821,British seaman Phillip Wayne sets foot on New Zealand where he befriends a Maori tribe and their chief,Hongi Tepe.The chief takes a liking to Wayne and invites him to come back to settle.On his return to England, Wayne's captain asks him to bring ashore a chest full of silk,possibly without being detected by the Customs agents.When Customs agents stop Wayne and search his chest they discover beneath the silks two shrunken heads of Maori warriors.Wayne realizes too late that his captain is involved in trafficking native shrunken heads that can fetch high prices on the illegal market in England.Arrested and condemned for the smuggling of this type of illegal artifact Wayne is banned from working as a seaman and he is fined. At this stage Wayne decides to marry his fiancée Marion and to return to New Zealand to settle there.He brings with him a handful of settlers but coexistence with the savage,cannibal,warlike Maori won't be easy.
IMDB:tt0047467