Congo Crossing

Congo Crossing is a 1956 American Technicolor adventure film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Virginia Mayo, George Nader and Peter Lorre.[1] [2] It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. Most of the exterior sequences were shot in the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden.

Congo Crossing
Film poster by Reynold Brown
Directed byJoseph Pevney
Screenplay byRichard Alan Simmons
Story byHouston Branch
Produced byHoward Christie
StarringVirginia Mayo
George Nader
Peter Lorre
CinematographyRussell Metty
Edited bySherman Todd
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • July 2, 1956 (1956-07-02)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Congotanga, West Africa, has no extradition laws; the government is controlled by foreign gangsters, headed by Carl Rittner (Tonio Selwart). The latest plane from Europe carries Louise Whitman (Virginia Mayo), (fleeing a French murder charge), and Mannering (Raymond Bailey), who pays resident hit man O'Connell (Michael Pate) to kill her. Through a chain of circumstances Louise, O'Connell, and heroic surveyor David Carr (George Nader) end up alone in the jungle on Carr's mission to determine the true border of Congotanga... in which Rittner is keenly interested.

Cast

References
  1. Fetrow p.84
  2. Lorre p.555

Bibliography
  • Fetrow, Alan G. Feature films, 1950-1959: a United States filmography. McFarland & Company, 1999.
  • Youngkin, Stephen. The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre. University Press of Kentucky, 2005.

See also


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