Plunder of the Sun

{{Infobox film

| name = Plunder of the Sun

| image = Plunder of the Sun2-Diana Lynn&Glenn Ford.JPG

| caption = Diana Lynn and Glenn Ford in the film

| director = John Farrow

| producer = Robert Fellows

| writer = David Dodge (novel)
Jonathan Latimer (screenplay)

| starring = Glenn Ford
Diana Lynn
Patricia Medina
Francis L. Sullivan

| music = Antonio Díaz Conde

| cinematography = Jack Draper

| editing = Harry Marker

| studio = Wayne-Fellows Productions

| distributor = Warner Bros.

| released = {{Film date|1953|08|26|New York City}}

| runtime = 82 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross = $1 million (US)'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, January 13, 1954

}}

Plunder of the Sun is a 1949 novel written by David Dodge about the hunt for ancient Peruvian treasure. It was adapted for the November 8, 1949 episode of the radio series Escape and later into the 1953 film noir of the same title, starring Glenn Ford and with the location changed from Peru to Mexico.

Plot

Adventurer Al Colby is persuaded by Anna Luz and her antiquities-collector husband Thomas Berrien to help them smuggle a parcel into Mexico where its true value can be ascertained. Warned that a man named Jefferson, who is traveling on the same freighter, might try to steal the parcel, Colby forms a partnership with Jefferson following Berrien's fatal heart attack aboard the ship. Jefferson betrays and shoots Colby, but Colby saves himself and the rare documents in time. They will be returned to a museum while he and Anna can enjoy a $25,000 reward.