Stanley and Livingstone

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

Aug 18 1939 Approved 1h 41m
Adventure, Drama, History

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.

Plot

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. When Livingstone later dies, Stanley returns to continue the good doctor's work (which, of course, never really happened).

Written by

Philip Dunne, Julien Josephson, Hal Long

Directed by

Henry King, Otto Brower

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

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# of Votes
1,659
Average Rating
7 out of 10
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