introduced the world to a new kind of action hero: a college professor by day, swashbuckling archeologist by night, by the name of Indiana Jones.
Harrison Ford became iconic as the man in the hat ironic, considering he wasn t the first choice to play the role. Tom Selleck was, but his
Magnum P.I.
contract wouldn t allow it.
Based on a story from Lucas and his pal Phillip Kaufman, the first Indy film opened in 1936 South America. A golden idol Indy just swiped from a booby-trapped shrine gets stolen from him by his old nemesis René Belloq [BELL-ock], played by Paul Freeman.