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Congo Maisie is a american film of genre Drama directed by H. C. Potter released in USA on 19 january 1940 with Ann Sothern
Congo Maisie (1940)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 19 january 1940
Length 1h11
Directed by H. C. Potter
OriginUSA
Themes Films set in Africa
Rating61%
Congo Maisie is a 1940 comedy-drama film directed by H. C. Potter and starring Ann Sothern for the second time in the ten film Maisie series as showgirl Maisie Ravier.
Synopsis
Maisie (Ann Sothern) hides aboard a West African steamer after she discovers that she cannot pay her hotel tab. She winds up in a hospital upon a rubber plantation, which she must save from a native attack.Actors
Ann Sothern
(Maisie Ravier)
John Carroll
(Dr. Michael Shane)
Rita Johnson
(Kay McWade)
Shepperd Strudwick
(Dr. John 'Jock' McWade)
J. M. Kerrigan
(Captain Finch)
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