Congo Crossing is a 1956 American adventure film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Virginia Mayo and George Nader. Most of the exterior sequences were shot in the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden. Plot Congotanga, West Africa, has no extradition laws; the government is controlled by foreign gangsters, headed by Carl Rittner (Tonio Selwart). The latest plane from Europe carries Louise Whitman (Virginia Mayo), (fleeing a French murder charge), and Mannering (Raymond Bailey), who pays resident hit man O'Connell (Michael Pate) to kill her. Through a chain of circumstances Louise, O'Connell, and heroic surveyor David Carr (George Nader) end up alone in the jungle on Carr's mission to determine the true border of Congotanga... in which Rittner is keenly interested. Cast Virginia Mayo as Louise Whitman George Nader as David Carr Peter Lorre as Colonel John Miguel Orlando Arragas Michael Pate as Bart O'Connell Rex Ingram as Dr. Leopold Gorman Tonio Selwart as Carl Rittner Kathryn Givney as Amelia Abbott Tudor Owen as Emile Zorfus Raymond Bailey as Peter Mannering George Ramsey as Miguel Diniz Maurice Donner as Marquette Bernie Hamilton as Pompala Harold Dyenforth as Steiner See also List of American films of 1956 External links 1956 films Universal Pictures films 1956 adventure films Films directed by Joseph Pevney Films set in Africa Films set in Belgian Congo American adventure films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films