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'''Secret Of The Incas''' is a 1954 film. It stars Charlton Heston as adventurer Harry Steele, on the trail of an ancient Incan artifact.

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Cast

Plot summary

Trivia

Cast

★ Charlton Heston as Harry Steele, adventurer

★ Robert Young as Stanley Moorhead

★ Nicole Maurey as Elena Antonescu

★ Thomas Mitchell as Ed Morgan

Plot summary

An Incan legend states that the Inca Empire was destroyed by the gods when a gold and jeweled starburst was stolen from the Temple of the Sun centuries ago, and that the ancient civilization will be reborn once the treasure is returned. Harry Steele (Charlton Heston), an American adventurer is seeking the artifact, as is his nemesis Thomas Mitchell, along with Elena Antonescu (Nicole Maurey), an Iron Curtain refugee.

Trivia

★ The film caused a surge in tourism to Peru in 1954

★ The film also featured the Peruvian singer Yma Sumac as Kori-Tica