Miraculous Journey
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Virginia Grey
| Miraculous Journey | |
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| Directed by | Sam Newfield (as Peter Stewart) |
| Screenplay by | Fred K. Myton |
| Produced by | Sigmund Neufeld |
| Starring | Rory Calhoun Virginia Grey |
| Cinematography | John H. Greenhalgh, Jr. |
| Edited by | Holbrook N. Todd |
| Music by | Leo Erdody |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Film Classics, Inc. |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Miraculous Journey is a 1948 film about seven airplane passengers who find themselves stranded in an African jungle after their plane crashes.[1] It was directed by Sam Newfield, under the pseudonym of Peter Stewart.[2] The film stars Rory Calhoun and Virginia Grey.
A group of seven people - an actress, a blind girl, a financier, a gangster, an heiress, a hostess, and a pilot - survive an airplane crash to find themselves deserted in an African jungle. The group come across an old hermit who has been living on the island for a while. The hermit teaches them how to survive in the jungle, though the unrepentant gangster is eaten by a crocodile. Eventually, a member of the group named Larry uses a canoe to get off the island. Larry locates a helicopter and flies back to the island, where he picks up the rest of the group. Although they offer the hermit a ride, he declines the offer, feeling he has become too attached to the jungle.
Cast
- Rory Calhoun as Larry Burke
- Audrey Long as Mary
- Virginia Grey as Patricia
- June Storey as Rene
- George Cleveland as the Hermit
Production
Miraculous Journey was directed by Sam Newfield, credited under the pseudonym of Peter Stewart.[2] His brother Sigmund Neufeld produced the film. Rory Calhoun, Virginia Grey, Audrey Long, George Cleveland, Jim Bannon, June Storey, Thurston Hall, Carole Donne, and Andrew Long appear in the film,[1] as does dog actor "Flame."[3] Fred K. Myton wrote the screenplay, with John H. Greenhalgh, Jr., handling the cinematography and Holbrook Todd doing the editing.[1] Leo Erdody scored Miraculous Journey; it would be his final film credit.[4] The film's production took place from late March to mid-April 1948.[5]