Five Came Back

Five Came Back

75 mins | Drama, Thriller, Adventure | June 23, 1939

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.

Five Came Back

75 mins | Drama, Thriller, Adventure | June 23, 1939

Five Came Back
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers RKO Radio Pictures
Original title Five Came Back
Directors Sam Ruman, W. Argyle Nelson, John Farrow
Writers Jerome Cady, Richard Carroll, Nathanael West, Dalton Trumbo

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

C. Aubrey Smith

as Henry Spengler

Kent Taylor

as Joe

Patric Knowles

as Judson Ellis

Elisabeth Risdon

as Martha Spengler

Casey Johnson

as Tommy Mulvaney

Dick Hogan

as Larry / Larry (uncredited)

Pedro de Cordoba

as Latin Ambassador (uncredited)

Frank Faylen

as Photographer (uncredited)

Bud Geary

as Policeman (uncredited)

Charlie Hall

as Airport Worker (uncredited)

Robert Homans

as Police Captain (uncredited)

Selmer Jackson

as Airlines Official (uncredited)

Tiny Jones

as Flower Lady (uncredited)

Frank Mills

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Pat O'Malley

as Mike Mulvaney (uncredited)

Ronald R. Rondell

as Page with Package (uncredited)