Five Came Back (1939)
Four must die! One must choose!
Twelve people are aboard Coast Airline's flagship the Silver Queen enroute to South America when the airplane encounters a storm and is blown off course. Crashing into jungles known to be inhabited by head hunters, pilots Bill and Joe race against time to fix the engines and attempt a take off. The situation brings out the best and worst in the stranded dozen as they create a makeshift runway and prepare to escape before the natives attack. But damage to the plane and low fuel reserves means that only 5 people can be carried to safety.
- Date of release
- 1939-06-23
- TMDB
- 6.4 / 10 (44)
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama
- Director
- John Farrow
Casting
- Chester Morris — Bill Brooks
- Lucille Ball — Peggy Nolan
- Wendy Barrie — Alice Melbourne
- John Carradine — Mr. Crimp
- Allen Jenkins — Pete
- Joseph Calleia — Vasquez
- C. Aubrey Smith — Henry Spengler
- Kent Taylor — Joe
- Patric Knowles — Judson Ellis
- Elisabeth Risdon — Martha Spengler
- Casey Johnson — Tommy Mulvaney
- Dick Hogan — Larry
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