Twelve people are aboard Coast Airline's flagship the Silver Queen enroute to South America when the airplane encounters a storm and is blown off course. Crashing into jungles known to be inhabited by head hunters, pilots Bill and Joe race against time to fix the engines and attempt a take off. The situation brings out the best and worst in the stranded dozen as they create a makeshift runway and prepare to escape before the natives attack. But damage to the plane and low fuel reserves means that only 5 people can be carried to safety.
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Five Came Back was released in 1939 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 4 reviews, giving Five Came Back (1939) an average rating of 64%.
Overall, film critics prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 80%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a lower average score of 60%. Professional critics were more impressed with Five Came Back than amateur reviewers were.
With a score of 64%, Five Came Back is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1939, which stands at 61%.
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