Five Came Back

finally i have time to write again! yeay!

alright, so recently, i just watched 1939 Five Came Back, directed by John Farrow starring Lucille Ball, Chester Morris and Wendy Barrie 

five came back

Twelve passenger that were heading to panama city by plane, got crashed somewhere in south america. The story began with telling a short background of each and every passenger a moment before they get on the plane. The twelve passenger are a runaway couple (Alice and Judson), an elderly couple professor (Henry) and his wife (Martha), a gangster's son (Tommy) and his escort (Pete), a woman with bad reputation (Peggy), a man (Crimp) bringing a criminal (Vasquez) for extradited. and the pilot (Bill) the co-pilot (Joe) and the steward (Larry)

The story began with telling a short background of each and every passenger a moment before they get on the plane. Bill tell the passengers that a murderer, Vasquez, were joining in the flight for extradition under Crimp's supervision. And then the storm is coming and the plane crashed in a middle of a jungle in Amazon. The plane were damaged real bad. for 23 days, the 12 passenger learned how to survive, until.. the plane are finished in repairing and  it is time for them to leave. But only 5 can.

During their stay in Amazon, the twelve passenger were live together and the experience has changed each of them for better, but Judson. Meanwhile, they hear a sound of a drum for days from the local tribe. The professor said that it's still okay if the drum stops, that means they ready to attack. if they found the target alive, they will torture them. Pete and Crimp were killed by the local tribe.

at the end of the story, when the drum stops, Vasquez snatch Bill's gun and said that he had to decide who's going into the plane and who doesn't because he himself are no good for returning since he's a dead man. as soon as the engine starts, he choose Bill, Joe, Peggy, Tommy and Alice to get on a plane. Henry and  Martha were staying because they said that they have lived their life. Judson is angry because Vasquez didn't pick him and he ended up shot by Vasquez's gun. Vasquez told professor that the gun still got three bullets left, but he's lying. He shot professor and his wife and wait for his life to be taken by the tribe.

When you watch this movie, you'll think that Vasquez is a con man, because 1) he's a criminal. 2) because he snatch a gun to threat people so many times. Well, he is not.

This 75 minutes of a tense drama can bring the (now) audience (like me) to feel the horror, the situations. But unfortunately the part before the story enters the conflict is too long. But, Joseph Calleia's acting could be consider as an  apology for it ;) He's a one good actor by playing Vasquez the criminal.

here's one of my favorite :

"Hanging is such an unpleasant death. Besides a hanged man always dies alone. I much prefer dying in the company in a decent citizens like you. Always provided i'm the last to die. So don't try to stop me"

Joseph Calleia

Lucille Ball, of course

for the record, i only write for my own sake. so i'm not gonna write about the whole cast, the award they receiving, or the rating i give. because you can find that on websites like imdb, rotten tomatoes, and et cetera. meh, it's just a view from a classics freak like me =)  so, ciao!