The read
It runs a compact 1h 19m.
Synopsis
On a tramp steamer off Central America are Mr. and Mrs. Sheppard, five prisoners en route to a Nicaraguan prison, and Corbett, an American carrying money for a Honduran counter-revolution. Denied permission to land in Honduras, Corbett releases the prisoners and with their aid hijacks the ship. They land, taking the wealthy Sheppards as hostages, and start the arduous trip upriver to Corbett's rendezvous, meeting jungle hazards
Ratings
IMDb5.5/10
12 audience votes
Key crew
- Jacques TourneurDirector
- Karen DeWolfWriter
- Mario SilveiraWriter
- Jack CornallWriter
Cast
- Glenn FordJim Corbett
- Ann SheridanSylvia Sheppard
- Zachary ScottHarry Sheppard
- Rodolfo AcostaReyes
- Jack ElamCastro
- Stuart WhitmanTelegrapher (uncredited)
- Stanley AndrewsCapt. McTaggart
- Ric RomanJiminez
- Rico AlanizBermudez
- Paul ConradLuis
- Mel WellesHidalgo (uncredited)
- Michael VallonStranger (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
hostageescaped convicthondurasship hijackingtramp steamerjungle adventure