Stanley and Livingstone is a 1939 movie about reporter Sir Henry M. Stanley's quest for Dr. David Livingstone, a missionary presumed lost in Africa. Spencer Tracy played Stanley, Cedric Hardwicke portrayed Livingstone, and other cast members included Nancy Kelly, Walter Brennan, Charles Coburn, Richard Greene, and Henry Hull. Based loosely upon a true story, the famous line of understatement, when Stanley finally reaches Livingstone, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume," an enduring catchphrase, was delivered very quietly on-screen by Tracy.

Cast

• Spencer Tracy as Henry M. Stanley
• Nancy Kelly as Eve Kingsley
• Richard Greene as Gareth Tyce
• Walter Brennan as Jeff Slocum
• Charles Coburn as Lord Tyce
• Cedric Hardwicke as Dr. David Livingstone (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
• Henry Hull as James Gordon Bennett, Jr.
• Henry Travers as John Kingsley
• Miles Mander as Sir John Gresham
• David Torrence as Mr. Cranston
• Holmes Herbert as Sir Frederick Holcomb
• Hannah Regin as Daian Stonehille

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