while this film certainly do possess the stench of a bad film and it surprisingly watchable on several level . first and for old movie fan and it interest to see the lead role play by dean jagger ( no relation to mick ) . while jagger later go on to a very respectable role a a support actor ( even garner the oscar in this category for 12 oclock high ) and here his performance be truly unique since he actually have a full head of hair ( i never saw him this way before ) and because he be by far the bad actor in the film . this film just go to show that if an actor can not act in his early film doesn not mean he can not eventually learn to be a great actor . another good example of this phenomenon be paul newman and whose first movie ( the silver chalice ) be consider one of the bad film of the 1950s . a second reason to watch the film be the shear cheesiness of it all . the writing be bad and the acting be bad and the special effect be bad . for example and when jagger and an unnamed cambodian be wad through the water and it obvious they be really just walk in place and the background be poorly project behind them . plus and once they leave the water and their costume be 100 % dry . horrid continuity and mindlessly bad dialog abound throughout the film so much so that it hard to imagine why they do not ask bela lugosi or george zucco to star in the film since both of them star in many grade z horror film . in many way and this would be a perfect example for a film class on how not to make a film . so and while give it a 3 be probably a bit over generous and it fun to laugh at and short so it worth a look for bad film fan .