Movie: Appointment in Honduras

Top 10 Billed Cast

Glenn Ford
Glenn Ford

Jim Corbett

Ann Sheridan
Ann Sheridan

Sylvia Sheppard

Zachary Scott
Zachary Scott

Harry Sheppard

Rodolfo Acosta
Rodolfo Acosta

Reyes

Jack Elam
Jack Elam

Castro

Stuart Whitman
Stuart Whitman

Telegrapher (uncredited)

Stanley Andrews
Stanley Andrews

Capt. McTaggart

Ric Roman
Ric Roman

Jiminez

Rico Alaniz
Rico Alaniz

Bermudez

Paul Conrad
Paul Conrad

Luis

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    On a tramp steamer off Central America are Mr. and Mrs. Sheppard, five prisoners en route to a Nicaraguan prison, and Corbett, an American carrying money for a Honduran counter-revolution. Denied permission to land in Honduras, Corbett releases the prisoners and with their aid hijacks the ship. They land, taking the wealthy Sheppards as hostages, and start the arduous trip upriver to Corbett's rendezvous, meeting jungle hazards

  • Release Date

    1953-10-16

  • Average

    5.7

  • Rating:

    2.9 starts
  • Tagline

    Emotions stripped bare! Adventure beyond compare!

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    English
  • Keywords

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