Back from Eternity

Back from Eternity is a 1956 drama film about a planeload of people stranded in the South American jungle and subsequently menaced by headhunters. It is a remake of an earlier 1939 film, Five Came Back, starred Chester Morris, and Lucille Ball, also directed and produced by John Farrow. Richard Carroll, who is credited with writing the story for Back from Eternity, wrote the original story for Five Came Back. Robert Ryan, Rod Steiger, Anita Ekberg, and Gene Barry star in the later remake.

When Lonagan and Brooks star the engines, they discover a fuel leak. Lonagan patches it, but informs the others that it will not hold long. With only one good engine, the aircraft can carry only four adults and the child over the mountains. With gun in hand, Vasquel takes charge. The elderly Spanglers volunteer to remain behind. Ellis tries to stop him and is shot dead. The aircraft manages to take off.As the head hunters close in, Vasquel shoots the Spanglers with the last two bullets and prays as he awaits a horrible death. ........

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