no longer be reached. Rian then reunites with a forgiving Catherine. Cast Stewart Granger as Rian X. Mitchell Grace Kelly as Catherine Knowland Paul Douglas as Vic Leonard John Ericson as Donald Knowland Murvyn Vye as El Moro José Torvay as Manuel (as Jose Torvay) Robert Tafur as Father Ripero Joe Dominguez as Jose Nacho Galindo as Officer Perez Charlita as Dolores Natividad Vacío as Hernandez Rico Alaniz as Antonio Paul Marion as Roberto Bobby Dominguez as Juan Production Source material The author of the memoir Green Fire, on which the film was based, was Major Peter William Rainier 1890–1945, a South African whose great-great-granduncle was the person that Mount Rainier, Washington was named after (by the explorer George Vancouver). Rainier was a mining engineer who spent eleven years working in the Andes. The book came out in 1942. The New York Times praised its "adventure and sense of high spirit". Rainier died in a fire at Red Lake in Canada in 1945 while inspecting mining properties. Development Film rights were bought by MGM. In January 1953 MGM reported that producer Armand Deutsch and writer Everett Freeman were travelling to Colombia to research Green Fire. The film was going to be made as a vehicle for Clark Gable, in the vein of Mogambo which had been a big success for the actor. In July MGM said Gable's co star would be Grace Kelly, on the basis of her successful appearance in Mogambo. By October however the female lead was Eleanor Parker, with Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts having replaced Freeman was writer. In September 1953 Dore Schary head of MGM announced Richard Thorpe would direct. In January 1954 the film was officially put on the studio's schedule for the year. Also in January the male role was assigned from Gable to Stewart Granger, as Gable's contract with MGM was about to expire and he refused to re-sign. Later that month Andrew Marton, who had worked with Granger on King Solomon's Mines and The Wild North, was announced as director. Parker dropped out of the film. MGM wanted to use Grace Kelly but she refused, wanting to make The Country Girl at Paramount instead. The studio refused to loan her out. Kelly threatened to retire. Eventually MGM agreed to push back production and let her make The Country Girl (Kelly's performance in that film earned her a Best Actress Oscar). Kelly