Five Came Back
Five Came Back
Release: 1939-06-23
·Runtime: 75m
·★ 6.2
Adventure
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
RKO Radio Pictures
Trailers & Videos
Cast
C. Aubrey Smith
as Henry Spengler
Robert Homans
as Police Captain (uncredited)
Ronald R. Rondell
as Page with Package (uncredited)
Wendy Barrie
as Alice Melbourne
Kent Taylor
as Joe
Dick Hogan
as Larry, Larry (uncredited)
Bud Geary
as Policeman (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
as Airlines Official (uncredited)
Patric Knowles
as Judson Ellis
Elisabeth Risdon
as Martha Spengler
Pedro de Cordoba
as Latin Ambassador (uncredited)
Frank Faylen
as Photographer (uncredited)
Charlie Hall
as Airport Worker (uncredited)
Chester Morris
as Bill Brooks
Lucille Ball
as Peggy Nolan
John Carradine
as Mr. Crimp
Frank Mills
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
as Mike Mulvaney (uncredited)
Allen Jenkins
as Pete
Joseph Calleia
as Vasquez
Crew
Nicholas Musuraca
Director of Photography
Vernon L. Walker
Special Effects
Van Nest Polglase
Art Direction
Bud Geary
Stunt Double
John Farrow
Director
Roy Webb
Original Music Composer
Albert S. D'Agostino
Assistant Art Director
Joseph F. Biroc
Camera Operator
George Magrill
Stunt Double
Dalton Trumbo
Screenplay