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Release Date:
June 23, 1939
Original Title:
Five Came Back
Genres:
Adventure | Drama
Production Companies:
RKO Radio Pictures
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 75
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.
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Art Direction:
Van Nest Polglase
Assistant Art Director:
Albert S. D'Agostino
Assistant Director:
Sam Ruman
W. Argyle Nelson
Camera Operator:
Joseph F. Biroc
Costume Designer:
Edward Stevenson
Director:
John Farrow
Director of Photography:
Nicholas Musuraca
Editor:
Harry Marker
Orchestrator:
George Parrish
Original Music Composer:
Roy Webb
Producer:
Robert Sisk
Production Executive:
Lee S. Marcus
Screenplay:
Jerome Cady
Nathanael West
Dalton Trumbo
Sound Recordist:
John E. Tribby
Special Effects:
Vernon L. Walker
Story:
Richard Carroll
Stunt Double:
George Magrill
Bud Geary
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