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Appointment in Honduras

Appointment in Honduras

Emotions stripped bare! Adventure beyond compare!

19535.71h 19mNR

Overview

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

Directed by Jacques Tourneur
Written by Karen DeWolf, Jack Cornall, Mario Silveira
Produced by Benedict Bogeaus
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Top 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

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Ric Roman

Jiminez

Rico Alaniz

Rico Alaniz

Bermudez

P

Paul Conrad

Luis

Themes & Keywords

hostageescaped convicthondurasship hijackingtramp steamerjungle adventure

About Appointment in Honduras

Appointment in Honduras is a adventure, thriller, crime film released in 1953 exploring themes of hostage, escaped convict, honduras, ship hijacking, tramp steamer, jungle adventure. Directed by Jacques Tourneur, it stars Glenn Ford, Ann Sheridan, Zachary Scott. 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

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