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Robert Foxworth, Joan Hackett, Peter Ustinov, Vic Morrow, Johnny Doran ... see more see more... , Billy Attmore , Jane Wyatt , Robert DoQui , Mills Watson , Val de Vargas , Virginia Vincent , Don Knight , Dub Taylor , Dick Van Patten , James Brodhead , Rex Holman , Brion James , George Lindsey , Logan Ramsey , Ken Renard , Clint Ritchie , John Steadman , Louie Elias , John Myhers , Richard Wright , Warde Donovan , Dave Cass , John Hayes

This adventure chronicles two boys' search for a treasure buried somewhere in the Florida Keys during the mid 1800s. The children are assisted by three adults, who each have the their own agendas for ... read more read more...finding the cache. The hunters are followed by a greedy gang of villains. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

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G, 1 hr. 57 min.

Directed by: Vincent McEveety

Release Date: July 1, 1976

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DVD Release Date: March 18, 1997

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  • YosemiteSamFan
    November 18, 2007
    YosemiteSamFan
    An interesting adventure movie. I remember seeing ads for this. It looked like a scary Disney flick. The movie poster made it look like a voodoo island with lots of skeletons, but only one briefly appeared in a cave scene. I remember the Revell model kits from this movie with ske... read moreletons sinking in quicksand.

    The movie opens with a catchy oh-too-cool 70's theme song about "Matecumbe".

    We soon have two boy pals finding a secret map and going off in search of the "Treasure of Matecumbe" in order to save their plantation. The boys are assisted by a wacky medicine show man (Peter Ustinov), a runaway bride (Joan Hackett) and the scoundrel father of one of the boys (Robert Foxworth). They are an unlikely group, who eventually bond and become likeable.

    Chasing them are no-good Mr. Spangler (poor Vic Morrow) and his band of hairy thugs. Much of the movie is spent on a Mississippi River Boat chase down to Florida. There are various perils and adversaries along the way, including stock-footage crocodiles, deadly swamp Indians, cheap super-imposed mosquitoes and wacky dancing river scoundrels. It's all very fun and interesting. The baddies met a grim future at the end; but no worse than they were dishing out to their own slaves.

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