The Amazon Trader

• 1956
• 0 hr 42 mins

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Amazon Trader can best be described as a featurette: at 42 minutes, it's too long for a short subject, but too brief for a feature. The film was designed by Warner Bros. as the first in a series of off-length films, intended for the lower half of double bills. The plot is comprised of four brief playlets, tied together by the narration of the Amazon Trader, played by John Sutton. In the first, a medical student learns first-hand not to dismiss the ministrations of a witch doctor; in the second, a husband-wife team of explorers search for a "lost" tribe; in the third, a female big-game hunter rescues a native boy from a piranha attack; and in the final yarn, a Devil's Island escapee receives his comeuppance at the hands of headhunters. The poor box-office showing of Amazon Trader effectively killed Warners' plans for any follow-up featurettes.