Back from Eternity (1956)
- Starring:
- Robert Ryan, Anita Ekberg, (more)
- Director(s):
- John Farrow
Synopsis of Back from Eternity
Director John Farrow's Back From Eternity is a virtual scene-for-scene remake of Farrow's 1939 film Five Came Back. The earlier film is the better of the two, if only because it is 22 minutes shorter. The plot concerns a small passenger plane that crashlands in South America, square in the heart of headhunter country. Pilot Robert Ryan is able to get the plane back into flying condition; unfortunately he discovers that the plane will only be able to carry five of its eleven passengers to safety. Who will have to be left behind: condemned murderer Rod Steiger, socialite Phyllis Kirk, her weak-willed fiance Gene Barry, copilot Keith Andes, elderly married couple Beulah Bondi and Cameron Prud'homme, songstress Anita Ekberg, foul-tempered cop Fred Clark, soft-hearted crook Jesse White, or tousle-haired kid Jon Provost? Rod Steiger is just fine in the role orginally played by Joseph Calleia, but Ekberg is no match for the original's Lucille Ball. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Back from Eternity
- Robert Ryan - Bill
- Rod Steiger - Vasquez
- Keith Andes - Joen
- Fred Clark - Crimp
- Cameron Prud'Homme - Henry
- Adele Mara - Maria
- Barbara Eden
- Anita Ekberg - Rena
- Phyllis Kirk - Louise
- Gene Barry - Ellis
- Beulah Bondi - Martha
- Jesse White - Pete
- Jon Provost - Tommy
- Director(s):
- John Farrow
- Writer(s):
- Jonathan Latimer
- Producer(s):
- John Farrow
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