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Director:
Hall Bartlett
Writers:
Arthur Hailey (teleplay "Flight Into Danger")
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Release Date:
13 November 1957 (USA) more
Genre:
Thriller | Drama more
Tagline:
It Builds to the Tensest 50 Minutes in the History of the Screen!
Plot:
A routine flight turns into a major emergency as passengers and crew succumb to food poisoning - is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Not bad considering when it was made more

Cast

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Dana Andrews ... Lt. Ted Stryker
Linda Darnell ... Ellen Stryker
Sterling Hayden ... Captain Martin Treleaven
Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch ... Capt. Bill Wilson, Pilot
Geoffrey Toone ... Dr. Baird

Jerry Paris ... Tony Decker
Peggy King ... Stewardess Janet Turner
Charles Quinlivan ... Harry Burdick

Patricia Tiernan ... Mrs. Joan Wilson (as Carole Eden)

Steve London ... First Officer Walt Stewart
Jo Ann Wade ... Treleaven's Baby Sitter
Raymond Ferrell ... Joey Stryker
John Ashley ... TV Singer
Willis Bouchey ... British Army Doctor
Robert Stevenson ... Air Traffic Controller
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Additional Details

Runtime:
81 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #18728) | Sweden:15

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: At the end when the plane crash lands, the landing gear come out from under the plane and the nose gear breaks. A later scene shows the plane skidding with no gear under it and all propellers severely damaged. In last scene of plane skidding to a stop, the propellers are at first intact and then damaged again. The nose gear is back and breaks again and the broken right landing gear is back under the wing. more
Quotes:
Dr. Baird: Our survival hinges on one thing - finding someone who not only can fly this plane, but didn't have fish for dinner. more
Movie Connections:
Remade as Airplane! (1980) more

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful:-
Not bad considering when it was made, 10 February 2007
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Author: gordon-287 from United States

Having seen this on TV when I was a kid in the '50s, I guess I saw this and "Airplane!" in the correct order because I thought it was good even when I saw it later as an adult (allowing for the age of the movie). Dana Andrews' character had flown single-engine fighter aircraft in World War II. When the pilot and co-pilot of the passenger plane both passed out due to the food poisoning, the doctor had the stewardess ask the passengers if there was anyone on board who had flight experience to "help the pilot with the radio because the co-pilot had taken ill also." Of course this was a pretext so as not to panic the passengers because both pilots were out. What followed was the best scene in my opinion were the doctor told Dana Andrews that he had to fly the plane. He objected because he had only single-engine flight experience. The doctor told him he was the only one on board who stood a chance of landing the plane. I can still see the look of terror on Dana Andrews' face as he panned the instrument panel with all its gauges and dials.

Most of the commentaries here agree that "Airplane!" was a spoof of this movie. However, there was one other serious movie with this same plot, "Terror in the Sky" (1971) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067844 with Doug McClure who played an ex-helicopter pilot from the Vietnam War. Having a helicopter pilot (an ex- at that!) attempt to fly a multi-engine fixed-wing aircraft really stretches credibility more than a single-engine rated pilot.

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