I love it how Sam Katzman tried to make his Westerns a little different. I mean, he still has Indians attacking white men, but this one is about Spanish Conquisators in Florida. It was written by David Matthews, who clearly liked to throw in a bit of history... this has a real character, Jose Ponce de Leon (played by Egar Barrier), on a real search, the Fountain of Youth. (I wonder if "David Matthews" was a pseudonym for Robert E. Kent.)
Jon Hall is a Spanish officer - not entirely well cast, but he ambles upon in his Jon Hall way. The reason they're after the Fountain of Youth is because de Leon has been injured by Indians. The local withdoctor says they need to go to the land where he's wounded - it sounds like this story was an African set tale.
Marie Windsor is a female pirate which is awesome. She goes on board a ship with a lot of other women (hookers). There's cat fights, a wise old Indian woman who ages when she gets away from the Fountain, a hurricane. It's all bonkers mad fun.
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