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Five Came Back (1939)

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Film details

Featuring

Chester Morris Kent Taylor Lucille Ball
Country

USA
Year

1939
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Twelve people are stranded in a hostile jungle when their plane crashes. When the plane is repaired it can only carry five people back to safety.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Bill
    
    Chester Morris
  - Joe
    
    Kent Taylor
  - Peggy
    
    Lucille Ball
  - Alice Melhorne
    
    Wendy Barrie
  - Crimp
    
    John Carradine
  - Peter
    
    Allen Jenkins
  - Professor Henry Spengler
    
    C. Aubrey Smith
  - Vasquez
    
    Joseph Calleia
  - Judson Ellis
    
    Patric Knowles
  - Martha Spengler
    
    Elisabeth Risdon
  - Tommy
    
    Casey Johnson
  - Larry
    
    Dick Hogan
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    John Farrow
  - Production Company
    
    RKO Radio Pictures
  - Producer
    
    Robert Sisk
  - Screenplay
    
    Jerry Cady
  - Screenplay
    
    Dalton Trumbo
  - Screenplay
    
    Nathanael West
  - Adapted from a story by
    
    Richard Carroll
  - Director of Photography
    
    Nick Musuraca
  - Editor
    
    Harry Marker
  - Art Director
    
    Van Nest Polglase
  - Music
    
    Roy Webb

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