Appointment in Honduras
Emotions stripped bare! Adventure beyond compare!
Genres
Overview
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
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
79 min
Release Date
1953-10-16
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
9
Vote Average
5.7
Glenn Ford
Jim Corbett
Ann Sheridan
Sylvia Sheppard
Zachary Scott
Harry Sheppard
Rodolfo Acosta
Reyes
Jack Elam
Castro
Stuart Whitman
Telegrapher (uncredited)
Stanley Andrews
Capt. McTaggart
Ric Roman
Jiminez
Rico Alaniz
Bermudez
Paul Conrad
Luis
Mel Welles
Hidalgo (uncredited)
Michael Vallon
Stranger (uncredited)
Charles Soldani
Indian (uncredited)
Julian Rivero
President Prieto (uncredited)
Joey Ray
General (uncredited)
Paul Marion
Wounded Soldier (uncredited)
John Mansfield
Lieutenant (uncredited)
Pepe Hern
Stranger (uncredited)
Ron Gans
Mexican Lieutenant (uncredited)
Henry A. Escalante
Soldier (uncredited)
Steve Conte
Stranger (uncredited)
Zarco Carreno
Bit Role (uncredited)
Robert Brown
Helmsman (uncredited)
Stuart Whitman
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