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Five Came Back
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6.3Twelve 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.
Cast
- Chester Morris as Bill Brooks
- Lucille Ball as Peggy Nolan
- Wendy Barrie as Alice Melbourne
- John Carradine as Mr. Crimp
- Allen Jenkins as Pete
- Joseph Calleia as Vasquez
Themes
- bounty hunter
- gangster
- amazon rainforest
- survival
- stranded
- jungle
- airplane crash
- headhunter
- disaster movie
- prisoner transport
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Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
2,327 votes
- Year
- 1939
- Runtime
- 75 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- Passed
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 75
- FilmAffinity ID
- 937583
- Image
- Five-Came-Back-1939-1.jpg
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- publication date
- 1939-06-23
- title
- Five Came Back
- Commons category
- Five Came Back
- capital cost
- 225000
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