Stanley and Livingstone

Stanley and Livingstone
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHenry King
Otto Brower (safari sequences)
Written byPhilip Dunne
Julien Josephson
Produced byDarryl F. Zanuck
Kenneth Macgowan (associate producer)
StarringSpencer Tracy
Nancy Kelly
Richard Greene
Edited byBarbara McLean
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • August 18, 1939 (1939-08-18)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,338,000[1]

Stanley and Livingstone is a 1939 American adventure film directed by Henry King and Otto Brower. It is loosely based on the true story of Welsh reporter Sir Henry M. Stanley's quest to find Dr. David Livingstone, a Scottish missionary presumed lost in Africa, who he finally met on November 10, 1871. Spencer Tracy plays Stanley, while Cedric Hardwicke portrays Livingstone. Other cast members include Nancy Kelly, Richard Greene, Walter Brennan, Charles Coburn and Henry Hull.

  1. ^ James Curtis, Spencer Tracy: A Biography, Alfred Knopf, 2011 p366