Secret of the Incas (1954)
Directed by Jerry Hopper
Harry Steele (Charlton Heston) is a tourist guide determined to make his fortune by finding the Sunburst, an Inca treasure.
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Beyond the notion of the globe-trotting professor-adventure (with an instantly identifiable silhouette superficially patterned after Charlton Heston's adventurer hero in Secret of the Incas), Lucas' concept was to breathe new life into an old theatrical form: the cliffhanger serial, with its roller-coaster structure constantly building to thrilling spills.