- As fog delays departure for a group of travelers bound for New York City, they wait at the lounge of London's Heathrow airport, each passenger at a moment of crisis in his or her life.
- Waiting in London's Heathrow Airport for a flight to New York City, Frances Andros (Dame Elizabeth Taylor), seen off by her tycoon husband Paul Andros (Richard Burton), plans to leave him for aging international playboy Marc Champselle (Louis Jourdan). Les Mangrum (Rod Taylor), a self-made Australian businessman accompanied to the airport by his loyal secretary Miss Mead (Dame Maggie Smith), must be in New York City the following day to arrange the loan that will help him repel a hostile takeover of his tractor company. Max Buda (Orson Welles), a movie mogul travelling with starlet Gloria Gritti (Elsa Martinelli), must get out of England immediately or face ruinous British income tax. The Duchess of Brighton (Dame Margaret Rutherford) has taken a job as a hostess at an American holiday resort, thinking she will be able to keep her family estate on her new income. Fog descends, blurring the future for them all and forcing them to wait in the airport hotel for morning and fair weather.—alfiehitchie
- When London's Heathrow Airport is fogged in, several travelers on the postponed flight to New York City are dramatically affected. Frances Andros (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) is running away from her husband Paul (Richard Burton), a rich industrialist who seems to no longer appreciate her. She is accompanied by her new love, Marc Champselle (Louis Jourdan), a suave gigolo who genuinely loves her. She's left her husband a note at home and the delay lets him find out about her plans and return to the airport to confront her. Businessman Les Mangrum (Rod Taylor) is heading to New York City to stave off the takeover of his company; he must attend the board meeting later that day, but a check he's written might be his downfall. His secretary, Miss Mead (Dame Maggie Smith), finds a solution when she comes across Paul Andros in the hotel lobby. For movie producer Max Buda (Orson Welles), getting out of England involves money: if he isn't out of the country by midnight, he will owe the British taxman a hefty sum. The Duchess of Brighton (Dame Margaret Rutherford) is traveling to the U.S. to earn money to save her manor house and property. She's never flown before, but a chance meeting with Max Buda provides her with a solution to her problems.—garykmcd
- Mr. Sanders (Richard Wattis), the customer-service representative for British Overseas Airways' Heathrow V.I.P. passengers, has among his list of customers for today: Frances Andros (Dame Elizabeth Taylor), socialite wife of wealthy industrialist Paul Andros (Richard Burton), who is flying to New York City before catching a connecting flight the next day to Jamaica for a solo vacation; Les Mangrum (Rod Taylor), a tractor-company owner, is doing last-minute business at the airport with his faithful secretary Miss Mead (Dame Maggie Smith) before he takes that same flight to New York City for a meeting regarding financing for the company; movie producer and director Max Buda (Orson Welles), who has just finished shooting a movie in England, and his latest companion, Italian starlet Gloria Gritti (Elsa Martinelli)--whom he has no intention of ever putting in any of his films--are flying to Hollywood; and The Duchess of Brighton (Dame Margaret Rutherford), a doddering, now-penniless old woman who will be flying to Miami in economy--her first-ever flight--as she has taken a job there to earn money to prevent foreclosure of the mortgage on her family estate. All of their flight plans are placed in jeopardy when an unexpected fog rolls in over the airport grounding all flights. With the exception of the Duchess, who has been trying to calm her pre-flight nerves and who would not go to the U.S. if not for the need for money, the other V.I.P. passengers face possible negative consequences because of the delay. Frances, in reality, was leaving Paul for good, running off with purportedly-reformed gigolo and gambler Marc Champselle (Louis Jourdan), who was booked on the same flight. Frances and Marc's plans were to stay in New York City. They must leave Heathrow before Paul gets the letter Frances left for him at their house informing him of her intentions, which includes the end of their marriage in reality, even if he does not grant her a divorce. Les must get to that New York City meeting, as that financing was to prevent a hostile takeover of his company. In the process, he wrote a check for one hundred fifty-three thousand seven hundred fifty pounds sterling to purchase company shares, money he doesn't yet have, and was counting on as an outcome of that New York City meeting, the check could land him in jail for fraud, in addition to losing his company. Miss Mead, who is secretly in love with her boss, stayed at the airport to ensure that his flight left; she will do anything to help him and the company. And Max, a British citizen who has been living in Switzerland for tax reasons, must leave the country before midnight or be hit with a one-million-pound-sterling tax bill from the British government.—Huggo
- Inclement weather has delayed a flight from London's Heathrow Airport to New York City. A cross-section of elite passengers waits to board the plane as they experience various life crises. Among them: Frances, a woman fleeing a loveless marriage to her millionaire husband Paul; a duchess who has fallen on hard times; and Gloria, an aspiring actress accompanied by her money-grubbing producer Max.—Jwelch5742
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