Savage! (1973) on Netflix
Jim Haygood works for a military government in a tropical country, hunting the rebel leader Moncada. Accused of Moncada's murder, he goes on the run, joined by Amanda, a nightclub acrobat.
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Plot summary
A military dictatorship rules an unnamed tropical country, and a rebel army under Moncada fights it. Jim Haygood serves the government side, working to defeat the rebels and capture their leader. Moncada is taken in an ambush on a beach, and that night Jim celebrates at a nightclub, where he meets two American performers, the acrobat Amanda and the knife-thrower Vicki. A reporter bursts in with news that Moncada is dead and accuses Jim of the murder. Jim fights his superiors over the charge, knocking his commanding officer unconscious. Arrested and being moved to a military prison, he escapes and hides in the performers' dressing room.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Savage! (1973)
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- The setting of Savage! is never identified as the Philippines: the story unfolds in an unspecified Latin American country ruled by a military-based authoritarian regime, as was usual for such 1970s and 1980s productions.
