Five Came Back (1939)

19391h 15mdir. John FarrowUnited Statesdisaster filmdrama film

With Chester Morris, Lucille Ball, John Carradine, Allen Jenkins, C. Aubrey Smith, Elisabeth Risdon, Frank Faylen, Joseph Calleia

Directed by John Farrow

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.

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