Five Came Back (1939)
June 23, 1939Release Date
Five Came Back (1939)
June 23, 1939Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Chester Morris
Bill
Lucille Ball
Peggy Nolan
Wendy Barrie
Alice Melhorne
John Carradine
Crimp
Allen Jenkins
Pete
Joseph Calleia
Vasquez
C. Aubrey Smith
Prof. Henry Spengler
Kent Taylor
Joe Brooks
Patric Knowles
Judson Ellis
Elisabeth Risdon
Martha Spengler
Casey Johnson
Tommy Mulvaney
John Farrow
Director
Pedro de Cordoba
Latin Ambassador (uncredited)
Jerome Cady
Writer
Dalton Trumbo
Writer
Frank Faylen
Photographer (uncredited)
Nathanael West
Writer
Bud Geary
Policeman (uncredited) / Stunt Double
Charlie Hall
Airport Worker (uncredited)
Richard Carroll
Writer
Dick Hogan
Larry / Larry (uncredited)
Robert Sisk
Producer
Roy Webb
Composer
Robert Homans
Police Captain (uncredited)
Nicholas Musuraca
Cinematographer
Selmer Jackson
Airlines Official (uncredited)
Tiny Jones
Flower Lady (uncredited)
Harry Marker
Editor
Frank Mills
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
Mike Mulvaney (uncredited)
Van Nest Polglase
Art Direction
Ronald R. Rondell
Page with Package (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 23, 1939
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 15m
Budget$225,000
Genres
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.