Jungle Raiders (1985)
Jungle Raiders (La leggenda del rubino) is an Italian adventure film from 1985 directed by Antonio Margheriti. Starring Christopher Connelly and Lee Van Cleef.
Plot
Captain Yankee (Christopher Connelly) and his friend make a living by selling fake adventure dreams to rich foreigners. 
With the help of some natives they let their rich clients think they experience fantastic adventures. 
One day a Colombian museum director arrives to search for a fabulous “ruby of doom,” and Captain Yankee is blackmailed into accepting the task. Then the adventure of Jungle Raiders realy takes off…
Making of Jungle Raiders
The movie opens with a title reading, “Malaysia, 1938.” There was no such country at the time; the Federated Malay States adopted the name in 1963.
Director Margheriti grew up reading science fiction comics, and when he was offered the film Space-Men, he signed on as director. He followed up this film with Battle of the Worlds starring actor Claude Rains which was in turn followed by The Golden Arrow with Tab Hunter and some more peplum-style films such as The Fall of Rome and Giants of Rome. Other genres tackled in the 1960s included horror—Castle of Blood, The Long Hair of Death and The Virgin of Nuremberg and the Eurospy film: Bob Fleming… Mission Casablanca and Operazione Goldman.
Then back to science fiction with his Gamma I series and then Westerns like Take a Hard Ride and And God Said to Cain.
In the 1980s, Margheriti created films following the success of Raiders of the Lost Ark, such as The Last Hunter and Hunters of the Golden Cobra, which both starred David Warbeck (from the Beyond).
Margheriti died on 4 November 2002.
Our view on Jungle Raiders
Jungle Raiders is a cocktai of random action sequences adventure and special effects. Real exploitation of movies like Raiders of the lost ark. 
This movie has everything, cobra’s, flamethrowers, pirates, villains and Lee van Cleef. Exploitflix gem!
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Where to buy
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Details
Genre: adventure
Released in: 1985
Era: eighties
Actors: Christopher Connelly, Lee van Cleef
Director: Antonio Margheriti
Poster artist: Unknown
Country: Italy
