Congo Maisie

Congo Maisie
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Directed by	H. C. Potter
Written by	Mary C. McCall Jr.
Based on	Congo Landing 1934 novel by Wilson Collison
Produced by	J. Walter Ruben
Starring	Ann Sothern John Carroll
Cinematography	Charles Lawton Jr.
Edited by	Fredrick Y. Smith
Music by	Edward Ward
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	January 19, 1940 (1940-01-19)
Running time	71 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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.

Plot

Maisie hides aboard a West African steamer after she discovers that she cannot pay her hotel tab. She needs to get to Lagos but the boat takes her upriver instead. She winds up in a hospital on a rubber plantation, which she must save from a native attack.

Cast

• Ann Sothern as Maisie Ravier
• John Carroll as Dr. Michael Shane
• Rita Johnson as Kay McWade
• Shepperd Strudwick as Dr. John 'Jock' McWade
• J.M. Kerrigan as Captain Finch
• E.E. Clive as Horace Snell
• Everett Brown as Jallah
• Tom Fadden as Nelson
• Lionel Pape as British Consul
• Nathan Curry as Luemba
• Leonard Mudie as Farley
• Martin Wilkins as Zia
• Ernest Whitman as Varnai
• William Broadus as Third Witch Doctor (uncredited)
• Buddy Harris as Second Witch Doctor (uncredited)
• Darby Jones as First Witch Doctor (uncredited)

External links

• Congo Maisie at IMDb  
• Congo Maisie at the TCM Movie Database
• Congo Maisie at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films