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Stanley and Livingstone (1939)

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Release Date: Aug 4, 1939 Wide

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Twentieth Century-Fox borrowed Spencer Tracy, from MGM for the sprawling (yet economically produced) historical drama Stanley and Livingstone. Tracy plays 19th-century American journalist Henry M. Stanley, an adventure-prone sort who is assigned by his editor (Henry Hull) to locate lost Scottish missionary David Livingstone (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) in darkest Africa. There are perils aplenty before the inevitable meeting in the clearing, capped by the immortal courtesy "Dr. Livingstone, I

Unrated, 1 hr. 41 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure

Written By: Philip Dunne, Julien Josephson

In Theaters: Aug 4, 1939 Wide

On DVD: Aug 2, 1990

Cast

Spencer Tracy
Henry M. Stanley
Nancy Kelly
Eve Kingsley
Cedric Hardwicke
Dr. David Livingstone
Richard Greene
Gareth Tyce
Walter Brennan
Jeff Slocum
Charles Coburn
Lord Tyce
Henry Hull
James G. Bennett Jr.
Henry Travers
John Kingsley
Miles Mander
Sir John Gresham
David Torrence
Mr. Cranston
Paul Stanton
Capt. Webb
Holmes Herbert
Frederick Holcomb
Brandon Hurst
Sir Henry Forrester
Hassan Said
Hassan
Paul Harvey
Col. Grimes
Russell Hicks
Commissioner
Frank Dae
Commissioner
Joseph Crehan
Morehead
Robert Middlemass
Carmichael
Frank Jaquet
Senator
Clarence Derwent
Sir Francis Vane
Jack Clisby
Mombay
Vernon Dent
Newspaperman
Harry Harvey
Man
James M. McNamara
Committeeman
Frank Orth
Man with Pills
C. Montague Shaw
Sir Oliver French
Emmett E. Smith
Susi
Emmett Vogan
Bennett's Secretary
Billy Watson
Copy Boy
Everett Brown
Bongo
Dick Stanley
Lieutenant
William Williams
Mace
Tom Coleman
Corporal
William Dunn
Chuma

Critic Reviews for Stanley and Livingstone

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It's dramatically sound, but factually unsound.

October 2, 2008 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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It is extremely heavy on the "whiteman's burden" type of ignorant racism, though that was just a general feeling of the era. Otherwise, it did get its message across in a 30s type of way.

August 31, 2009

Jordan K

ANY MOVIE WITH SPENCER TRACY IS GOOD, THIS IS AN EXCELLENT CLASSIC, ALWAYS INTERESTING. VERY WELL ACTED.

September 24, 2005

James Higgins

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