Allen Jenkins gets a chance to really show some great dramatic chops and we didn't even have time to talk about that either! #FiveCameBack #TCMParty
Apparently Chester had a fear of heights, I'm not sure how bad it was, but it was enough that when he was given this role-yet *another* one as a pilot-he decided he'd better work on that! #FiveCameBack #TCMParty
The tightest 75 minute movie! You don't even get to post much before it's over! #FiveCameBack #TCMParty
Holy crap, grim ending! #FiveCameBack #TCMParty
This ending is something else! #FIveCameBack #TCMParty
This ending is so good.
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First watch for me and it's getting a thumbs up. #FiveCameBack #TCMParty
It's such a relief when they start treating Peggy like a human being. #FiveCameBack #TCMParty
I think this is my favourite role of Joseph Calleia's... although Touch of Evil (1958) is right up there too... 🤔 #FiveCameBack #TCMParty
I love the way Chester's character is so hard and shut down—and then with one briefly told story in a quiet moment his guard is down—you learn everything you need to know about him. The writing is just fantastic, you learn so much about the characters through very little. #FiveCameBack #TCMParty
Apparently poor Lucille Ball had spiders decend out of the trees on her at some point. #FiveCameBack #TCMParty
Apparently John Farrow was a difficult director to work with on this movie, that his perfectionism created a tense set, and she ended up multiple arguments with him. But that tension seems to have given her performance even more edge. #FiveCameBack #TCMParty
He ends up playing Boston Blackie on television! #FiveCameBack #TCMParty
Still photo of Chester Morris and Lucille Ball. In the scene, Peggy is trying for a second time to strike up a friendly conversation with Bill, the pilot, but his response to her is brisk.
I love that Peggy Nolan is kept so mysterious. You don't know where or why she's going. You're not quite sure why she's so looked down on by other classes of people, you're left to guess. And she seems so sad, so lonely all those times she's trying to connect with people. #FiveCameBack #TCMParty
Kent Taylor is very good-looking here. I don't know why but he escapes me in many of his other movies where he plays supporting roles. I need to pay more attention to Kent! #FiveCameBack #TCMparty
Yay! Another fan! It's the most efficient script that I swear you could study it just for that reason/as an example!
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Apparently RKO originally purchased the story for Five Came Back with Cary Grant in mind. At certain points Victor McLaglen and Charles Coburn were considered for the cast. If Ann Sothern hadn't been unavailable, you'd have seen her as Peggy Nolan instead of Lucille Ball. #FiveCameBack #TCMParty
One of the first B movies I ever saw – I suspect on the Late Late Show sometime in the ‘70s. It instantly became one of my favorite classic films. I showed it to Philip soon after we met, and he adored it too; we revisit it every few years. Brilliantly taut and suspenseful. #FiveCameBack #TCMParty
Lucy is so pretty in this film. She does great work with the character too. #FiveCameBack #TCMParty
You can't go wrong with Nicholas Musuraca behind the camera!
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I LOOOOVVVE when Chester Morris is airing live on TCM! (Here with Kent Taylor.) #FiveCameBack #TCMParty
#nowwatching🎬 #FiveCameBack. A plane has engine trouble while flying over a jungle inhabited by cannibals. #LucilleBall
"... There's interesting things at play here - with John Farrow favouring human drama and moral dilemmas over bombastic survivalist set-pieces."
My ★★★★ review of #FiveCameBack on @Letterboxd
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