screenshots / Indio / 1989 R.P.A. International

Italian-American actor Francesco Quinn portrays a war veteran who fights to save his Amazon jungle homeland from destruction.

The film co-starred professional boxer turned actor Marvelous Marvin Hagler who would reprise his role of Jake Iron for the film's 1991 sequel Indio 2.

Directed by Antonio Margheriti (credited as Anthony M. Dawson) whose previous film credits included Yor, the Hunter from the Future (1983) and Jungle Raiders (1985).

The production filmed on locations in Argentina, Brazil, Borneo and the Philippines.

Francesco Quinn passed in 2011 at the age of 48.