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''Congo Crossing'' is a 1956 American
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directed by
Joseph Pevney Joseph Pevney (September 15, 1911 – May 18, 2008) was an American film and television director. Biography Born in New York City, Pevney made his debut in vaudeville as a boy soprano in 1924. Although he hated vaudeville, he loved the thea ...
and starring
Virginia Mayo Virginia Mayo (born Virginia Clara Jones; November 30, 1920 – January 17, 2005) was an American actress and dancer. She was in a series of popular comedy films with Danny Kaye and was Warner Bros.' biggest box-office draw in the late 1940s. S ...
, George Nader and
Peter Lorre Peter Lorre (; born László Löwenstein, ; June 26, 1904 – March 23, 1964) was a Hungarian and American actor, active first in Europe and later in the United States. Known for his timidly devious characters, his appearance, and accented vo ...
.Lorre p.555 It was produced and distributed by
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. Most of the exterior sequences were shot in the
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.


Plot

Congotanga,
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, has no extradition laws; the government is controlled by foreign gangsters, headed by Carl Rittner (
Tonio Selwart Antonio Franz Theus "Tonio" Selmair-Selwart (June 9, 1896 – November 2, 2002) was a German actor. Biography Selwart was born in Wartenberg, Bavaria, Germany, and raised in Munich. After studying medicine like his father (a well known s ...
). The latest plane from Europe carries Louise Whitman (
Virginia Mayo Virginia Mayo (born Virginia Clara Jones; November 30, 1920 – January 17, 2005) was an American actress and dancer. She was in a series of popular comedy films with Danny Kaye and was Warner Bros.' biggest box-office draw in the late 1940s. S ...
), (fleeing a French murder charge), and Mannering ( Raymond Bailey), who pays resident hit man O'Connell (
Michael Pate Michael Pate Order of Australia, OAM (born Edward John Pate; 26 February 1920 – 1 September 2008) was an Australian actor, writer, director, and producer, who also worked prolifically as a supporting actor in Hollywood films and Ameri ...
) 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

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Virginia Mayo Virginia Mayo (born Virginia Clara Jones; November 30, 1920 – January 17, 2005) was an American actress and dancer. She was in a series of popular comedy films with Danny Kaye and was Warner Bros.' biggest box-office draw in the late 1940s. S ...
as Louise Whitman * George Nader as David Carr *
Peter Lorre Peter Lorre (; born László Löwenstein, ; June 26, 1904 – March 23, 1964) was a Hungarian and American actor, active first in Europe and later in the United States. Known for his timidly devious characters, his appearance, and accented vo ...
as Colonel John Miguel Orlando Arragas *
Michael Pate Michael Pate Order of Australia, OAM (born Edward John Pate; 26 February 1920 – 1 September 2008) was an Australian actor, writer, director, and producer, who also worked prolifically as a supporting actor in Hollywood films and Ameri ...
as Bart O'Connell * Rex Ingram as Dr. Leopold Gorman *
Tonio Selwart Antonio Franz Theus "Tonio" Selmair-Selwart (June 9, 1896 – November 2, 2002) was a German actor. Biography Selwart was born in Wartenberg, Bavaria, Germany, and raised in Munich. After studying medicine like his father (a well known s ...
as Carl Rittner * Kathryn Givney as Amelia Abbott * Tudor Owen as Emile Zorfus * Raymond Bailey as Peter Mannering * George Ramsey as Miguel Diniz * Maurice Donner as Marquette *
Bernie Hamilton Bernard Hamilton (June 12, 1928 – December 30, 2008) was an American actor. He is best known as Captain Dobey in ''Starsky & Hutch'' (1975–1979). Biography Hamilton was born in East Los Angeles; his brother was jazz drummer Chico Hamilto ...
as Pompala * Harold Dyenforth as Steiner


See also

* List of American films of 1956


References


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.


External links

* * * 1956 films Universal Pictures films 1956 adventure films Films directed by Joseph Pevney Films set in Belgian Congo American adventure films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films English-language adventure films {{1950s-adventure-film-stub