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5.8/10   142 votes
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Writers:
Charles Schnee (writer)
Hank Searls (novel)
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Release Date:
2 September 1960 (USA) more
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Tagline:
The most fascinating people the gods of chance ever swept up into high adventure!
Plot:
An navy jet with a defective radio system and a passenger plane get in danger of collision. In flashbacks... more | add synopsis
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Great 60's Airplane Disaster Movie more (7 total)

Cast

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Dana Andrews ... Dick Barnett

Rhonda Fleming ... Cheryl 'Charro' Heath

Efrem Zimbalist Jr. ... Dale Heath
John Kerr ... Mike Rule

Anne Francis ... Kitty Foster
Keenan Wynn ... Nick Hyland

Troy Donahue ... McVey
Joe Mantell ... Louis Capelli
Patsy Kelly ... Gertrude Ross
Donald May ... Norm Coster
Louis Quinn ... Sidney Schreiber
Ed Kemmer ... Caesar (as Edward Kemmer)
Tom Gilson ... Robert 'Rob' Fermi
Hollis Irving ... Beatrice Wiley
Paul Genge ... Samuel N. Poole
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Additional Details

Runtime:
105 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
While Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and Troy Donahue are talking in the airport coffee shop, the music playing in the background is "Theme from A Summer Place" by Percy Faith and His Orchestra, taken from a movie in which Donahue starred: A Summer Place (1959). more
Quotes:
Cheryl Heath: I just love banana splits. Is it all the wonderful mixed-up flavors, or is it something Freudian? more

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10 out of 10 people found the following review useful.
Great 60's Airplane Disaster Movie, 4 November 2001
10/10
Author: Lee Blaske (lblaske@pclink.com) from Excelsior, Minnesota

This movie had a lot of things that I enjoy: vintage commercial airplanes, old military airplanes, radios, radar, art, drama, romance, special effects, etc. In some respects, it must have served as a template for future airliner disaster movies. I don't know why, but I really enjoyed the heavy handed use of flashbacks and scenes where there's a close-up of a character, the surrounding lights dim, and we hear the character's private thoughts. Crowded Sky might not be your cup of tea, but it certainly was mine.

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