The Mission

Release date: 1986-09-06
Votes: 1501
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Action, History
When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to defend all they have built against the Portuguese aggressors.
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