Congo Crossing (1956) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1956 · 85 mins · English

Directed by

Joseph Pevney

Starring

Raymond Bailey, Peter Lorre, Virginia Mayo, Michael Pate, Morgan Roberts, Tudor Owen

In law‑less Congotanga, a West African state with no extradition treaty and run by foreign gangsters under Carl Rittner, a European flight arrives carrying Louise Whitman, who has fled a French murder charge, and Mannering, who hires hitman O’Connell to eliminate her. By twist of fate Louise, O’Connell and idealistic surveyor David Carr find themselves alone in the jungle, pursuing Carr’s mission to chart Congotanga’s true border – a project Rittner is eager to control.