The Beast of Hollow Mountain
- Guy Madison: Jim Ryan
- Patricia Medina: Sarita
- Carlos Rivas: Felipe Sanchez
- Eduardo Noriega: Enrique Rios
- Mario Navarro: Panchito
- Pascual Garcia Pena: Pancho
The Curse of the Monte Bravo is a mixture of Western and sci-fi movie from 1956 and was built in American- Mexican co-production. The idea on which is based the screenplay, came from the story, The Valley of the Mist by Willis O'Brien. In Germany it was released in theaters on April 1, 1957. The Mexican title is El monstruo de la montana hueca.
Action
The American Jim Ryan runs a cattle in Mexico. The locals do not like to see him since his ranch is located on a cursed mountain. For the son of the mayor, Enrique Rios, it is bothersome competition. Jim and his Mexican partner Felipe Sanchez noted that repeatedly cattle disappear. Jim suggested that Rios behind it, the locals make the curse responsible.
Jim saves the Mexican Pancho 's life. Out of gratitude to say about this, to work together with his son Panchito for Jim on the ranch. He also wants to explain the disappearance of the animals, but disappears itself. Jim falls in love with Enrique's fiancee Sarita.
At the same time, Panchito makes the search for his father. He is of a dinosaur, a Allosaurus attacked, but can escape. In his escape, he meets Sarita that seeks protection from the hungry lizard with Panchito in a hut. Jim shows up and lures the dinosaur of the two away. Even Enrique appears. Jim and his rival took refuge in a cave. But Enrique is caught and killed by the dinosaurs.
Jim comes up with an idea to lure the dinosaur. He swings on a rope and lures the monster into a nearby swamp. The dinosaur is sinking, the curse of the mountain is broken.
Reviews
" Naive, illogical in itself a mixture of Western and horror movie. "
Background
The film was shot mostly in Mexico, among others in the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City, and in the mountains around the town of Tepoztlán, Morelos State.
The film was simultaneously shot in a Spanish version. The dinosaur scenes were filmed in stop - motion technique. In addition, he is considered the first feature film in Cinemascope technique was combined in color along with the stop-motion technique.
The film is public domain and can be viewed for free on the Internet.