The Adventurers movie storyline. Dax Xenos (Bekim Fehmiu), a 10-year old boy in the South American country of Corteguay, witnesses the rape and murder of his mother by government soldiers and runs to his father, Jaime (Fernando Rey), who is with a band of revolutionaries. Jaime’s men capture the government soldiers, give Dax the privilege of personally executing his mother’s murderers, and then take the boy to their hideout in the mountains where he meets Amparo (Leigh Taylor-Young), the daughter of revolutionary leader Rojo.
After the rebels oust the dictator and establish Rojo as president, Dax accompanies his father to Rome, where Jaime is to serve as ambassador. Years later, Jaime returns to Corteguay to find that Rojo has established himself as dictator; he contacts El Condor, the new revolutionary leader, but is killed by Colonel Gutierrez, Rojo’s security chief. Dax, now a young man, returns to Corteguay for his father’s funeral.
Rojo persuades Dax, who does not know the cause of his father’s death, to convince El Condor to surrender, but when El Condor surrenders, he is killed by Gutierrez. Because his promise to El Condor was betrayed, Dax murders Gutierrez, confronts Rojo with his treachery, and returns to Rome. He becomes a gigolo and finally marries millionairess Sue Anne Daley, but they soon divorce.
Dax again returns to Corteguay, this time for the unveiling of a statue of his father, and finds himself thrust into yet another revolution. Led this time by El Lobo, the revolution succeeds when Dax murders Rojo. Meanwhile, Dax learns that Amparo has borne him a son. Delighted, he sends her back to Rome with the intention of establishing a democracy in Corteguay and returning to his new family, but he is assassinated by the vengeful son of El Condor.
The Adventurers is a 1970 American adventure drama film directed, produced, and co-written by Lewis Gilbert. It is based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Harold Robbins. The film stars Bekim Fehmiu, Candice Bergen, Charles Aznavour, Olivia de Havilland, Fernando Rey, Ernest Borgnine, Alan Badel, and Leigh Taylor-Young. The film was the American film debut of Yugoslavian actor Fehmiu and was shot in Europe and parts of South America. It is loosely based on the life of Dominican diplomat and playboy Porfirio Rubirosa.
The Adventurers (1970)
Directed by: Lewis Gilbert
Starring: Bekim Fehmiu, Candice Bergen, Charles Aznavour, Olivia de Havilland, Fernando Rey, Ernest Borgnine, Alan Badel, Leigh Taylor-Young, Yolande Donlan, John Ireland, Milena Vukotic
Screenplay by: Michael Hastings, Lewis Gilbert
Production Design by: Anthony Masters
Cinematography by: Claude Renoir
Film Editing by: Anne V. Coates
Costume Design by: Ronald Paterson
Set Decoration by: Vernon Dixon, Franco Fumagalli
Art Direction by: Aurelio Crugnola, John Hoesli, Jack Maxsted, Harry Pottle
Music by: Antonio Carlos Jobim
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: March 25, 1970
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