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Five came back / RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. ; story, Richard Carroll ; writers, Jerome Cady, Dalton Trumbo, Nathaniel West ; producer, Robert Sisk ; director, John Farrow.
LIBRA DVD 004 169
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- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Carroll, Richard, 1898-1959, author.
- Cady, Jerry, 1903-1948, author.
- Trumbo, Dalton, 1905-1976, author.
- West, Nathaniel, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Survival--Drama.
- Survival.
- Shipwreck survival--Drama.
- Shipwreck survival.
- Survival at sea--Drama.
- Survival at sea.
- Airplane crash survival--Drama.
- Airplane crash survival.
- Jungles.
- Anarchists.
- Central America.
- South America.
- Anarchists--South America--Drama.
- Jungles--Central America--Drama.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Action and adventure films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (75 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Place of Publication:
- Medford, Ore. : Sinister Cinema, [2005]
- System Details:
- DVD-R; may not play on all players.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- 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. Do both Bill and Joe make the flight out? And what about the rest: Peggy, a woman with a slightly tarnished past; Pete, a racketeer who is escorting his boss's young son Tommy; Alice and Judson, eloping lovers who seem to have less in common as their plight changes one of them in the other's eyes; Crimp, who is bringing criminal Vasquez to justice; Prof. and Mrs. Spengler, an elderly couple whom become closer due to their predicament; and finally, is flight attendant Larry among the five? And who decides who lives and dies?
- Participant:
- Chester Morris, Lucille Ball, Wendy Barrie, John Carradine.
- Credits:
- Assistant directors, Sam Ruman and Argyle Nelson; photography, Nicholas Musuraca; editor, Harry Marker; music score, Roy Webb; special effects, Vernon Walker; Montage, Douglas Travers.
- Notes:
- Originally released as motion picture in 1939.
- OCLC:
- 587603661
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