Where the River Runs Black
1986 | 100m | English
Popularity: 5 (history)
| Director: | Christopher Cain |
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| Writer: | Neal Jimenez, Peter Silverman, David Kendall |
| Staring: |
| An orphaned boy who was raised in the Amazon jungle is brought back to civilization by a priest who knows his father. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 19, 1986 |
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| Director: | Christopher Cain |
| Writer: | Neal Jimenez, Peter Silverman, David Kendall |
| Genres: | Adventure |
| Keywords | missionary, dolphin, based on novel or book, feral child, amazon rainforest, priest, south america, anaconda |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $676,166
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Charles Durning | Father O'Reilly |
| Alessandro Rabelo | Lazaro |
| Ajay Naidu | Segundo |
| Divana Brandão | Eagle Woman |
| Peter Horton | Father Mahoney |
| Castulo Guerra | Orlando Santos |
| Conchata Ferrell | Mother Marta |
| Dana Delany | Sister Ana |
| Marcelo Rabelo | Lazaro - 4 Years Old |
| Ariel Coelho | Francisco |
| Paulo Sergio Oliveira | Jose |
| Mario Borges | Brother Carlos |
| François Thijm | Luis |
| Geraldo Salles | Priest in Confessional |
| Chico Diaz | Raimundo |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Neal Jimenez | Writer |
| Peter Silverman | Writer |
| Christopher Cain | Director |
| Dan Perri | Title Designer |
| David Kendall | Novel |
| Richard Chew | Editor |
| Marcos Flaksman | Production Design |
| Juan Ruiz Anchía | Director of Photography |
| James Horner | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Joe Roth | Producer |
| James G. Robinson | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
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| 2024 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
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