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6.2/10   362 votes
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Director:
John Farrow
Writers:
Richard Carroll (story)
Jonathan Latimer (writer)
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Release Date:
19 February 1957 (West Germany) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
Ooh That Ekberg!
Plot:
A South American plane loaded with an assortment of characters crash lands in a remote jungle area in the middle of a storm... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
A Very Decent Airplane Movie more (20 total)

Cast

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Robert Ryan ... Bill Lonagan

Anita Ekberg ... Rena

Rod Steiger ... Vasquel
Phyllis Kirk ... Louise Melhorn
Keith Andes ... Joe Brooks
Gene Barry ... Jud Ellis
Fred Clark ... Crimp
Beulah Bondi ... Martha Spangler
Cameron Prud'Homme ... Prof. Henry Spangler
Jesse White ... Pete Boswick
Adele Mara ... Maria Alvarez - Stewardess
Jon Provost ... Tommy Malone
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Certification:
Australia:G | Finland:K-16 | Iceland:L | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #17973)
Company:
RKO Radio Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Barbara Eden's movie debut. more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: Lighting and camera crew are reflected in car windows as car drives away from airport. more
Movie Connections:
Remake of Five Came Back (1939) more

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10 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
A Very Decent Airplane Movie, 23 July 2003
Author: tom sawyer (sawyert2003@yahoo.com) from Waterford, Michigan

This might be considered a B movie, but it is in a word very entertaining. The cast of different characters and portrayals of those roles are very well done. The movie sets you up for what is about to happen and then plunges you full throttle into the story. It is every bit as entertaining and full of drama as the later Airport movies of the 1970's. In fact, in many ways this is much better. It is very fun to see Jesse White in a role other than the Maytag repair man. The same can be said for actors Fred Clark, Jon Provost, Gene Barry and the rest who were more famous for other roles. You have to love Rod Steiger's character. He is definitely the most interesting in the movie. It is a nice little movie in character studies and how they deal with a forced landing in a jungle clearing with a cannibal tribe nearby. This movie stacks up to the airport and other flight disaster movies quite well. I first saw this as a teenager and I never forgot it, especially when the decision had to be made to see who stayed behind and especially who made the decision. For this being a B movie it is still very first rate and gets an A in viewing pleasure.

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