Congo Crossing
Congo Crossing is a 1956 American Technicolor film noir adventure film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Virginia Mayo and George Nader. Most of the exterior sequences were shot in the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden.
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| Directed by | Joseph Pevney |
| Produced by | Howard Christie |
| Screenplay by | Richard Alan Simmons |
| Story by | Houston Branch |
| Starring | Virginia Mayo George Nader Peter Lorre |
| Cinematography | Russell Metty |
| Edited by | Sherman Todd |
Production company | Universal Pictures |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot synopsis
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
- Virginia Mayo as Louise Whitman
- George Nader as David Carr
- Peter Lorre as Colonel John Miguel Orlando Arragas
- Michael Pate as Bart O'Connell
- Rex Ingram as Dr. Leopold Gorman
- Tonio Selwart 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 as Pompala
- Harold Dyenforth as Steiner