Main Cast: Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, Sterling Hayden, Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch, Geoffrey Toone
Release Year: 1957
Country: US
Run Time: 81 minutes
Plot
This suspenseful air-borne adventure can rightfully lay claim to being the Mother of All subsequent in-flight disaster films of the '70s. The trouble begins when the pilot and crew of a Canadian passenger plane suddenly find themselves doubled over from accidental ptomaine poisoning and unable to continue flying the plane. The only other person on board who can save the terrified crew is a former WW II flying ace who is petrified of flying again. Fortunately, a courageous steel-nerved ground controller is there to offer full-radio support. Later the film became the basis of a TV movie Terror in the Sky and the hilarious parody Airplane (1980). Arthur Hailey, who wrote the teleplay on which this was based, went on to write the novel and the screenplay for 1970's Airport. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Jerry Paris - Tony Decker; Peggy King - Stewardess; Charles Quinlivan - Burdick; Carole Eden - Mrs. Wilson; Steve London - Copilot Stewart; Willis B. Bouchey - RCAF Doctor; Woodrow Chambliss; Maxine Cooper; Noel Drayton; Raymond Farrell - Joey Strvcker; Roy Gordon; Arthur Hanson; Mary Newton; Willard Sage; Bob Stevenson; Hope Summers; Jon-Mikl Thor; Russell Thorson - Flight Dispatcher; David Thursby - Whitmond; Will J. White; John Ashley - TV Singer; Richard Keith - Station Manager; Fintan Meyler
Credit
Hall Bartlett - Director, John C. Fuller - Editor, Ted Dale - Composer (Music Score), John F. Warren - Cinematographer, Hall Bartlett - Producer, John C. Champion - Producer, Hall Bartlett - Screenwriter, John C. Champion - Screenwriter, Arthur Hailey - Short Story Author
