Appointment in Honduras

On a tramp steamer off Central America are Mr. and Mrs. Sheppard, five prisoners en route to a Nicaraguan prison, and Corbett, an American carrying money for a Honduran counter-revolution. Denied permission to land in Honduras, Corbett releases the prisoners and with their aid hijacks the ship. They land, taking the wealthy Sheppards as hostages, and start the arduous trip upriver to Corbett's rendezvous, meeting jungle hazards

Cast

Glenn Ford

as Jim Corbett

Ann Sheridan

as Sylvia Sheppard

Zachary Scott

as Harry Sheppard

Rodolfo Acosta

as Reyes

Jack Elam

as Castro

Stuart Whitman

as Telegrapher (uncredited)

Stanley Andrews

as Capt. McTaggart

Ric Roman

as Jiminez

Rico Alaniz

as Bermudez

Paul Conrad

as Luis

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