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Stanley and Livingstone
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Stanley and Livingstone

1939-08-18 · 101 min · ★ 6.4

Adventure · History

When American newspaperman and adventurer Henry M. Stanley comes back from the western Indian wars, his editor James Gordon Bennett sends him to Africa to find Dr. David Livingstone, the missing Scottish missionary. Stanley finds Livingstone ("Dr. Livingstone, I presume.") blissfully doling out medicine and religion to the happy natives. His story is at first disbelieved.

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Directors
Henry King, Otto Brower
Production companies
20th Century Fox
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Spencer TracySpencer TracyHenry M. Stanley
Nancy KellyNancy KellyEve Kingsley
Richard GreeneRichard GreeneGareth Tyce
Walter BrennanWalter BrennanJeff Slocum
Charles CoburnCharles CoburnLord Tyce
Cedric HardwickeCedric HardwickeDr. David Livingstone
Henry HullHenry HullJames Gordon Bennett, Jr.
Henry TraversHenry TraversJohn Kingsley
Miles ManderMiles ManderSir John Gresham
David TorrenceDavid TorrenceMr. Cranston
Holmes HerbertHolmes HerbertFrederick Holcomb
C. Montague ShawC. Montague ShawSir Oliver French
Brandon HurstBrandon HurstSir Henry Forrester
Hassan SaidHassan
Paul HarveyPaul HarveyColonel Grimes
Russell HicksRussell HicksCommissioner
Frank DaeFrank DaeCommissioner
Ernest BaskettZucco
William E. 'Red' BlairSergeant
Everett BrownEverett BrownBongo

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