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Release Date:
July 1, 1956
Original Title:
Congo Crossing
Alternate Titles:
Intrigue au Congo
Genres:
Action | Adventure | Drama | Thriller
Production Companies:
Universal International Pictures
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12 US: NR
Runtime: 85
Congotanga, West Africa, has no extradition laws; the government is controlled by foreign gangsters, headed by Carl Rittner. The latest plane from Europe carries lovely Louise Whitman, fleeing a French murder charge, and Mannering, who pays resident hit man O'Connell to kill her. Through a chain of circumstances Louise, O'Connell, and heroic surveyor David Carr end up alone in the jungle on Carr's mission to determine the true border of Congotanga... in which Rittner is keenly interested.
Art Direction:
Alexander Golitzen
Robert Boyle
Assistant Director:
Frank Shaw
Costume Design:
Bill Thomas
Director:
Joseph Pevney
Director of Photography:
Russell Metty
Editor:
Sherman Todd
Hairstylist:
Joan St. Oegger
Makeup Artist:
Bud Westmore
Music Supervisor:
Joseph Gershenson
Producer:
Howard Christie
Screenplay:
Richard Alan Simmons
Set Decoration:
Julia Heron
Russell A. Gausman
Sound:
Glenn E. Anderson
Leslie I. Carey
Story:
Houston Branch
Visual Effects:
Clifford Stine
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