In order to flee from powerful enemies, young Mayan king Balam leads his people north across the Gulf of Mexico to the coast of what will become the United States. They build a home in the new land but come into conflict with a tribe of Native Americans led by their chief, Black Eagle, while both Balam and Black Eagle fall in love the beautiful Mayan princess Ixchel.
Cast
Yul Brynner
Chief Black Eagle
George Chakiris
Balam
Shirley Anne Field
Ixchel
Richard Basehart
Ah Min
Brad Dexter
Ah Haleb
Barry Morse
Ah Zok
Armando Silvestre
Isatai
Leo Gordon
Hunac Ceel
Victoria Vetri
Ixzubin
Rudy Solari
Pitz
Ford Rainey
The chief
James Coburn
Narrator (uncredited)
Chuck Hayward
Indian Warrior Friend to Black Eagle (uncredited)
Crew
J. Lee Thompson
Director
Elliott Arnold
Screenplay, Story
James R. Webb
Screenplay
William Reynolds
Editor
Joseph MacDonald
Director of Photography
Allen K. Wood
Production Supervisor
Lewis J. Rachmil
Producer
Sandy Whitelaw
Producer, Associate Producer
Norma Koch
Costume Design
Eric Seelig
Wardrobe Designer
Emile LaVigne
Makeup Artist
Gilbert D. Marchant
Sound Effects Editor
Wayne Fury
Sound Effects Editor
Bert Hallberg
Sound
Roscoe Cline
Special Effects
Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
Richard Carruth
Music Editor
Hal Needham
Stunts
Buddy Van Horn
Stunts
Ronnie Rondell Jr.
Stunts
Bob Herron
Stunts
Joe LaBella
Property Master
Nate H. Edwards
Production Manager
Robert E. Relyea
Unit Manager
Alfred Ybarra
Art Direction
