The Diamond of Jeru

  • Action
  • Adventure
11/6/2001
86
R

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Based on Louis L'Amour novel, The Diamond of Jeru tells the story of an American scientist and his wife who hire an ex-pat war veteren to act as a guide on a journey up an unchartered Borneo river in search of diamonds.

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      • Wuchak

        Serious jungle adventure with mature themes in the wilds of Borneo

        In the mid-1950s, a pompous American & his wife (Keith Carradine and Paris Jefferson) hire dubious guides to go up a river in search of diamonds in Sarawak. Meanwhile a haunted Korean War veteran (Billy Zane) keep an eye on them with his native protégé.

        "The Diamond of Jeru (2001) originated from an unfinished 1950s' story by Louis LAmour, completed by his son Beau and used for this movie (eventually published in audio form in 2015). While I suppose its comparable to Indiana Jones movies and, especially, David Keiths knockoff The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck, it lacks the flippancy of those flicks, as well as similar ones, like King Solomons Mines (1985)...

        June 1, 2025

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