Machete official wallpaper
Machete poster

Machete

  • 5.4 /10

  • 4

Plot

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.

Cast

Mari Blanchard as Jean Montoya
Mari Blanchard

as Jean Montoya

Ruth Cains as Rita
Ruth Cains

as Rita

Albert Dekker as Don Luis Montoya
Albert Dekker

as Don Luis Montoya

Juano Hernández as Bernardo
Juano Hernández

as Bernardo

Carlos Rivas as Carlos
Carlos Rivas

as Carlos

Lee Van Cleef as Miguel
Lee Van Cleef

as Miguel

Movie Facts

Rated

  • Approved

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • December 1, 1958

Production Companies

  • J. Harold Odell

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $0.00

Revenue

  • -

Runtime

  • 1.25 hrs

Links

Gallery

Reviews

The Plantation of Passions, Pilfering and Poison. Machete is directed by Kurt Neumann and Neumann co-wrote the screenplay with Carroll Young. It stars Mari Blanchard, Albert Dekker, Carlos Rivas, Lee Van Cleef, Ruth Cains and Juano Hernandez. Music is by Paul Sawtell and Bert Shefter and cinematography is by Karl Struss. Set at and filmed in Aguirre, Puerto Rico, Machete is a sort of jung…