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Five Came Back (1939)

Directed by John Farrow

Overview

Twelve people are aboard Coast Air Line’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.

Length 75 minutes

Actors

Chester Morris | Lucille Ball | Wendy Barrie | John Carradine | Allen Jenkins | Joseph Calleia | C. Aubrey Smith | Kent Taylor | Patric Knowles | Elisabeth Risdon | Casey Johnson | Pedro de Cordoba | Frank Faylen | Bud Geary | Charlie Hall | Dick Hogan | Robert Homans | Selmer Jackson | Tiny Jones | Frank Mills | Pat O'Malley | Ronald R. Rondell