The Plantation of Passions, Pilfering and Poison.
Machete is directed by Kurt Neumann and...
Machete
This 1959 film-noir take on "Othello," filmed in Puerto Rico, stars Mari Blanchard as flirtatious Jean, who marries an older man, plantation owner Don Luis, for financial security and finds herself falling for his virile foster son, Carlos. Fearing that Jean will inherit Luis's money, his greedy cousin, Miguel, poisons the bridegroom against his new wife, informing him about her passion for another.
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Machete
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Status
Released
Release Date
Dec 1, 1958
Runtime
1h 15m
Genres
Drama
User Score
59%
Original Title
Machete
Production Companies
J. Harold Odell
Director
Kurt Neumann
Description
This 1959 film-noir take on "Othello," filmed in Puerto Rico, stars Mari Blanchard as flirtatious Jean, who marries an older man, plantation owner Don Luis, for financial security and finds herself falling for his virile foster son, Carlos. Fearing that Jean will inherit Luis's money, his greedy cousin, Miguel, poisons the bridegroom against his new wife, informing him about her passion for another.