Five Came Back
7.1
“Four must die! One must choose!”
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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Cast
22 people
Chester Morris
Bill Brooks
Known for
The Big House
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Peggy Nolan
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I Love Lucy
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Wendy Barrie
Alice Melbourne
Known for
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Dead End
John Carradine
Mr. Crimp
Known for
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
The Grapes of Wrath
Allen Jenkins
Pete
Known for
Top Cat
Pillow Talk
Joseph Calleia
Vasquez
Known for
Touch of Evil
Gilda
C. Aubrey Smith
Henry Spengler
Known for
Rebecca
Tarzan the Ape Man
Kent Taylor
Joe
Known for
Death Takes a Holiday
I'm No Angel
Patric Knowles
Judson Ellis
Known for
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Wolf Man
Elisabeth Risdon
Martha Spengler
Known for
The Roaring Twenties
Make Way for Tomorrow
Casey Johnson
Tommy Mulvaney
Also in
Little Men
Boom Town
Dick Hogan
Larry / Larry (uncredited)
Known for
Rope
Action in the North Atlantic
John Farrow Director · Dalton Trumbo Screenplay Nathanael West Screenplay
Worldwide gross $721K · Budget $225K · United States release June 23, 1939
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Budget
$225,000
Worldwide gross
$721,000
Gross vs. budget
3.2×
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
Production
RKO
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · June 23, 1939
Theatrical
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