Five Came Back (1939)
June 23, 1939
Adventure, Drama
1h 15m


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.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- John Farrow
- Bill Brooks Chester Morris
- Peggy Nolan Lucille Ball
- Alice Melbourne Wendy Barrie
- Mr. Crimp John Carradine
- Pete Allen Jenkins
- Vasquez Joseph Calleia
- Henry Spengler C. Aubrey Smith
- Joe Kent Taylor
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Keywords
- bounty hunter
- gangster
- amazon rainforest
- survival
- stranded
- jungle
- airplane crash
- headhunter
- disaster movie
- prisoner transport