Stanley and Livingstone
He succeeded in the maddest quest in History...because one girl believed in him!
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
101 min
Release Date
1939-08-18
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
22
Vote Average
6.3
Spencer Tracy
Henry M. Stanley
Nancy Kelly
Eve Kingsley
Richard Greene
Gareth Tyce
Walter Brennan
Jeff Slocum
Charles Coburn
Lord Tyce
Cedric Hardwicke
Dr. David Livingstone
Henry Hull
James Gordon Bennett, Jr.
Henry Travers
John Kingsley
Miles Mander
Sir John Gresham
David Torrence
Mr. Cranston
Holmes Herbert
Frederick Holcomb
C. Montague Shaw
Sir Oliver French
Brandon Hurst
Sir Henry Forrester
Hassan Said
Hassan
Paul Harvey
Colonel Grimes
Russell Hicks
Commissioner
Frank Dae
Commissioner
Ernest Baskett
Zucco
William E. 'Red' Blair
Sergeant
Everett Brown
Bongo
Bobby Burns
Geographical Society Delegate
Jack Clisby
Mombay
Tom Coleman
Corporal
Joseph Crehan
Morehead
Vernon Dent
Newspaperman in Office
Clarence Derwent
Sir Francis Vane
William R. Dunn
Chuma
Harry Harvey
Newspaperman at Water Barrel
Frank Jaquet
Senator
Darby Jones
Chewing Native
Eric Lonsdale
Reporter at Dock
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Messenger
James McNamara
Committeeman
Robert Middlemass
Carmichael
Clive Morgan
Reporter at Dock
Frank Orth
Newspaperman with Pills
Imboden Parrish
Reporter at Dock
Speirs Ruskell
Messenger
Emmett Smith
Susi
Dick Stanley
Lieutenant
Harry Strang
Captain
F. Philip Sylvestre
Messenger
Emmett Vogan
Albert
Billy Watson
Billy Watson
William B. Williams
Mace
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