Review by theognis-80821

This plodding remake of the 1939 hit, "Five Came Back," was RKO's effort to cash in with a Spanish speaking market. But the remake, with a screenplay by Salvador Novo and directed by Alejandro Galindo, focused on creating a utopian society featuring male authority and female subservience. The much superior original, written by no less than Dalton Trumbo and Nathaneal West, develops the irony of an anarchist who must impose social order for the sake of a future, in which he has no part. The conversations between the Professor C. Aubrey Smith and the rebel Joseph Calleia were intriguing and suspenseful. Superb director John Farrow got excellent performances from a great 1939 cast and was brought back for the 1956 remake, "Back From Eternity."