Appointment in Honduras
Appointment in Honduras | |
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Directed by | Jacques Tourneur |
Written by | Mario Silvera Jack Cornall Karen DeWolf |
Produced by | Benedict Bogeaus |
Starring | Glenn Ford Ann Sheridan Zachary Scott |
Distributed by | RKO |
Release date |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $1.15 million[2] |
Appointment in Honduras is a 1953 American adventure film directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Glenn Ford, Ann Sheridan, and Zachary Scott.
Plot
[edit]Taking place in 1910, during a fictional revolution in Honduras, Jim Corbett (Glenn Ford) was hired to ensure that a large sum of money came to the deposed political leader. Sylvia Sheppard (Ann Sheridan) and her wealthy husband Harry Sheppard (Zachary Scott) are unwilling hostages of Corbett, who is accompanied through the jungle by several wanted criminals. Sylvia, ever the unfaithful wife, eventually falls in love with Corbett. They encounter various dangers, including crocodiles, "tiger fish," large snakes, biting ants, a huge swarm of some unnamed, assumed stinging insects, malaria, and armed insurgents.
Cast
[edit]Actor | Role |
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Glenn Ford | Jim |
Ann Sheridan | Sylvia |
Zachary Scott | Harry |
Jack Elam | Castro |
Rodolfo Acosta | Reyes |
Stanley Andrews | Captain McTaggart |
References
[edit]- ^ "Appointment in Honduras: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ^ "1954 Box Office Champs". Variety Weekly. January 5, 1955. p. 59. - figures are rentals in the US and Canada
- Chris Fujiwara. Jacques Tourneur: the cinema of nightfall
External links
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- 1953 films
- 1950s adventure drama films
- American adventure drama films
- 1950s English-language films
- Films set in 1910
- Films set in Honduras
- Films set in jungles
- American historical adventure films
- 1950s historical adventure films
- 1953 drama films
- 1950s American films
- English-language historical adventure films
- English-language adventure drama films
- Adventure film stubs