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AdventureHistory

Stanley and Livingstone

- He succeeded in the maddest quest in History...because one girl believed in him!

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.

Release Date : 1939-08-18

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : 20th Century Fox

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Spencer Tracy

Character Name : Henry M. Stanley

Original Name : Spencer Tracy

Gender : Male

Nancy Kelly

Character Name : Eve Kingsley

Original Name : Nancy Kelly

Gender : Female

Richard Greene

Character Name : Gareth Tyce

Original Name : Richard Greene

Gender : Male

Walter Brennan

Character Name : Jeff Slocum

Original Name : Walter Brennan

Gender : Male

Charles Coburn

Character Name : Lord Tyce

Original Name : Charles Coburn

Gender : Male

Cedric Hardwicke

Character Name : Dr. David Livingstone

Original Name : Cedric Hardwicke

Gender : Male

Henry Hull

Character Name : James Gordon Bennett, Jr.

Original Name : Henry Hull

Gender : Male

Henry Travers

Character Name : John Kingsley

Original Name : Henry Travers

Gender : Male

Miles Mander

Character Name : Sir John Gresham

Original Name : Miles Mander

Gender : Male

David Torrence

Character Name : Mr. Cranston

Original Name : David Torrence

Gender : Male

Holmes Herbert

Character Name : Frederick Holcomb

Original Name : Holmes Herbert

Gender : Male

C. Montague Shaw

Character Name : Sir Oliver French

Original Name : C. Montague Shaw

Gender : Male

Brandon Hurst

Character Name : Sir Henry Forrester

Original Name : Brandon Hurst

Gender : Male

Hassan Said

Character Name : Hassan

Original Name : Hassan Said

Gender : Male

Paul Harvey

Character Name : Colonel Grimes

Original Name : Paul Harvey

Gender : Male

Russell Hicks

Character Name : Commissioner

Original Name : Russell Hicks

Gender : Male

Frank Dae

Character Name : Commissioner

Original Name : Frank Dae

Gender : Male

Ernest Baskett

Character Name : Zucco

Original Name : Ernest Baskett

Gender : Male

William E. 'Red' Blair

Character Name : Sergeant

Original Name : William E. 'Red' Blair

Gender : Male

Everett Brown

Character Name : Bongo

Original Name : Everett Brown

Gender : Male

Bobby Burns

Character Name : Geographical Society Delegate

Original Name : Bobby Burns

Gender : Male

Jack Clisby

Character Name : Mombay

Original Name : Jack Clisby

Gender : Male

Tom Coleman

Character Name : Corporal

Original Name : Tom Coleman

Gender : Male

Joseph Crehan

Character Name : Morehead

Original Name : Joseph Crehan

Gender : Male

Vernon Dent

Character Name : Newspaperman in Office

Original Name : Vernon Dent

Gender : Male

Clarence Derwent

Character Name : Sir Francis Vane

Original Name : Clarence Derwent

Gender : Male

William R. Dunn

Character Name : Chuma

Original Name : William R. Dunn

Gender : Male

Harry Harvey

Character Name : Newspaperman at Water Barrel

Original Name : Harry Harvey

Gender : Male

Frank Jaquet

Character Name : Senator

Original Name : Frank Jaquet

Gender : Male

Darby Jones

Character Name : Chewing Native

Original Name : Darby Jones

Gender : Male

Eric Lonsdale

Character Name : Reporter at Dock

Original Name : Eric Lonsdale

Gender : Male

Anthony Marsh

Character Name : Messenger

Original Name : Anthony Marsh

Gender : Male

James McNamara

Character Name : Committeeman

Original Name : James McNamara

Gender : Male

Robert Middlemass

Character Name : Carmichael

Original Name : Robert Middlemass

Gender : Male

Clive Morgan

Character Name : Reporter at Dock

Original Name : Clive Morgan

Gender : Male

Frank Orth

Character Name : Newspaperman with Pills

Original Name : Frank Orth

Gender : Male

Imboden Parrish

Character Name : Reporter at Dock

Original Name : Imboden Parrish

Gender : Male

Speirs Ruskell

Character Name : Messenger

Original Name : Speirs Ruskell

Gender : Male

Emmett Smith

Character Name : Susi

Original Name : Emmett Smith

Gender : Male

Dick Stanley

Character Name : Lieutenant

Original Name : Dick Stanley

Gender : Male

Harry Strang

Character Name : Captain

Original Name : Harry Strang

Gender : Male

F. Philip Sylvestre

Character Name : Messenger

Original Name : F. Philip Sylvestre

Gender : Male

Emmett Vogan

Character Name : Albert

Original Name : Emmett Vogan

Gender : Male

Billy Watson

Character Name : Billy Watson

Original Name : Billy Watson

Gender : Male

William B. Williams

Character Name : Mace

Original Name : William B. Williams

Gender : Male

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-22

Spencer Tracy is on top form in this story of the British-born American journalist Henry Stanley who is despatched by his editor into the uncharted reaches of the African interior to track down the famed explorer David Livingstone, rumours of whose death having been reported by reputable British newspapers. Armed with plenty of money and his reliable sidekick "Slocum" (Walter Brennan) they set off and with some help from the rather fever-ridden British consul in Zanzibar find themselves crossing Africa staring the most beautiful and dangerous travails head on. The screenplay is based in fact, as we all know, so there is little jeopardy in regard to the results of their trekking, but the film takes it's time to develop a bit more of a look into what motivates both men, and how these motivations evolve as their exposure to the dark content and it's peoples moulds and changes opinions and priorities. Sir Cedric Hardwicke is convincing as the missionary explorer who has an innate, if middle-class, decency about him, as is Charles Coburn (Lord Tyce), the publisher of a rival newspaper all too eager for Stanley to fall flat. Though one could never describe him as versatile, the usually charismatic Brennan delivers consistently too. The on-location filming gives us a grand scale vista of their escapades and Tracy and Hardwicke's thoughtful and considered delivery makes this well worth a watch.