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One sheet Spanish movie poster the classic 1954 adventure film
The Naked Jungle, starring Charlton Heston and Eleanor Parker. The title shown on the poster, Cuando ruge la MARABUNTA, is the Spanish-language title, which translates to "When the Killer Ants Roar".
Key Details
Original Title: The Naked Jungle
Release Year: 1954
Directed by: Byron Haskin
Starring: Charlton Heston and Eleanor Parker
Plot: The film is an adventure and survival story set in a South American cocoa plantation that comes under threat from a massive, 20-mile-long swarm of army ants (referred to as "marabunta"). The film also explores the developing relationship between the stern plantation owner (Heston) and his mail-order bride (Parker).
Cultural Impact
The Spanish title, Cuando ruge la marabunta, became quite popular and is notably the source of the word "mara" in the name of the notorious MS-13 gang (Mara Salvatrucha), with "mara" being Salvadoran slang for a group of friends. |
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