| Back from Eternity | |
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| Directed by | John Farrow |
| Screenplay by | Jonathan Latimer |
| Story by | Richard Carroll |
| Based on | Five Came Back 1939 film by John Farrow |
| Produced by | John Farrow |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | William C. Mellor |
| Edited by | Eda Warren |
| Music by | Franz Waxman |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.5 million (US rentals)[2] |
Back from Eternity is a 1956 American drama film about a planeload of people stranded in the South American jungle and subsequently menaced by headhunters. The film stars Robert Ryan, Rod Steiger, Anita Ekberg and Gene Barry. The film is a remake of the 1939 film Five Came Back, 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.
- ^ "Back from Eternity (1956)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
- ^ "The Top Box-Office Hits of 1956." Variety Weekly, January 2, 1957.