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Stanley and Livingstone

Stanley and Livingstone

He succeeded in the maddest quest in History...because one girl believed in him!

19396.31h 41mNR

Overview

When American newspaperman and adventurer Henry M. Stanley comes back from the western Indian wars, his editor James Gordon Bennett sends him to Africa to find Dr. David Livingstone, the missing Scottish missionary. Stanley finds Livingstone ("Dr. Livingstone, I presume.") blissfully doling out medicine and religion to the happy natives. His story is at first disbelieved.

Directed by Otto Brower
Written by Julien Josephson, Philip Dunne
Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck
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Top Cast

Spencer Tracy

Spencer Tracy

Henry M. Stanley

Nancy Kelly

Nancy Kelly

Eve Kingsley

Richard Greene

Richard Greene

Gareth Tyce

Walter Brennan

Walter Brennan

Jeff Slocum

Charles Coburn

Charles Coburn

Lord Tyce

Cedric Hardwicke

Cedric Hardwicke

Dr. David Livingstone

Henry Hull

Henry Hull

James Gordon Bennett, Jr.

Henry Travers

Henry Travers

John Kingsley

Miles Mander

Miles Mander

Sir John Gresham

David Torrence

David Torrence

Mr. Cranston

Themes & Keywords

africamissionarybiographybased on true storyexplorer19th century

About Stanley and Livingstone

Stanley and Livingstone is a adventure, history film released in 1939 exploring themes of africa, missionary, biography, based on true story, explorer, 19th century. Directed by Otto Brower, it stars Spencer Tracy, Nancy Kelly, Richard Greene. When American newspaperman and adventurer Henry M. Stanley comes back from the western Indian wars, his editor James Gordon Bennett sends him to Africa to find Dr. David Livingstone, the missing Scottish missionary. Stanley finds Livingstone ("Dr. Livingstone, I presume.") blissfully doling out medicine and religion to the happy natives. His story is at first disbelieved.

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