Five Came Back (1939)
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.
- Released
- 1939-06-23
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama
- Runtime
- 75 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Jerome Cady, John Farrow, Dalton Trumbo, Nathanael West
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 from 44 votes
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