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18/08/1939 Adventure, History 1h 41m
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He succeeded in the maddest quest in History...because one girl believed in him!

Overview

When American newspaperman and adventurer Henry M. Stanley comes back from the western Indian wars, his editor James Gordon Bennett sends him to Africa to find Dr. David Livingstone, the missing Scottish missionary. Stanley finds Livingstone ("Dr. Livingstone, I presume.") blissfully doling out medicine and religion to the happy natives. His story is at first disbelieved.

  1. Otto Brower

    Director

  2. Henry King

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Spencer Tracy

    Henry M. Stanley

  2. Nancy Kelly

    Eve Kingsley

  3. Richard Greene

    Gareth Tyce

  4. Walter Brennan

    Jeff Slocum

  5. Charles Coburn

    Lord Tyce

  6. Cedric Hardwicke

    Dr. David Livingstone

  7. Henry Hull

    James Gordon Bennett, Jr.

  8. Henry Travers

    John Kingsley

  9. Miles Mander

    Sir John Gresham

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-22
Spencer Tracy is on top form in this story of the British-born American journalist Henry Stanley who is despatched by his editor into the uncharted reaches of the African interior to track down the famed explorer David Livingstone, rumours of whose death having been reported by reputable British newspapers. Armed with plenty of money and his reliable sidekick "Slocum" (Walter Brennan) they set off and with some help from the rather fever-ridden British consul in Zanzibar find themselves crossing Africa staring the most beautiful and dangerous travails head on. The screenplay is based in fact, ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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