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Stanley and Livingstone
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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Stanley and Livingstone
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Aug 18, 1939
Runtime
1h 41m
Genres
Adventure, History
User Score
63%
Original Title
Stanley and Livingstone
Production Companies
20th Century Fox
Director
Henry King
Description
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.