Five Came Back (1939)
June 23, 1939Release Date
Five Came Back (1939)
June 23, 1939Release Date


Plot.
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Cast & Crew.

Chester Morris
Bill Brooks

Lucille Ball
Peggy Nolan

Wendy Barrie
Alice Melbourne

John Carradine
Mr. Crimp

Allen Jenkins
Pete

Joseph Calleia
Vasquez

C. Aubrey Smith
Henry Spengler

Kent Taylor
Joe

Patric Knowles
Judson Ellis

Elisabeth Risdon
Martha Spengler

Casey Johnson
Tommy Mulvaney

Pedro de Cordoba
Latin Ambassador (uncredited)

Frank Faylen
Photographer (uncredited)

Bud Geary
Policeman (uncredited) / Stunt Double

Charlie Hall
Airport Worker (uncredited)

Dick Hogan
Larry / Larry (uncredited)

Robert Homans
Police Captain (uncredited)

Selmer Jackson
Airlines Official (uncredited)

Tiny Jones
Flower Lady (uncredited)

Frank Mills
Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Pat O'Malley
Mike Mulvaney (uncredited)

Ronald R. Rondell
Page with Package (uncredited)

Jerome Cady
Screenplay

Nathanael West
Screenplay

Dalton Trumbo
Screenplay

John Farrow
Director

Albert S. D'Agostino
Assistant Art Director

Richard Carroll
Story

Nicholas Musuraca
Director of Photography

Sam Ruman
Assistant Director

Roy Webb
Original Music Composer

Edward Stevenson
Costume Designer
Media.



Details.
Release DateJune 23, 1939
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 15m
Budget$225,000
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Five Came Back is a 1939 American black-and-white melodrama from RKO Radio Pictures produced by Robert Sisk, directed by John Farrow, written by Jerry Cady, Dalton Trumbo, and Nathanael West, and starring Chester Morris and Lucille Ball. The film was photographed by cinematographer Nicholas Musuraca. Although considered a B movie, the positive notices received by Ball helped launch her career as an A-list actress. Five Came Back is considered a precursor of the disaster film genre. The supporting cast features Wendy Barrie, John Carradine, C. Aubrey Smith, Kent Taylor, and Patric Knowles.
In 1948 Five Came Back was remade (differing only in minor details) as the Mexican film Los que volvieron and again in 1956 by producer-director Farrow as Back from Eternity, starring Robert Ryan, Anita Ekberg and Rod Steiger.
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