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16/10/1964 Drama 1h 46m
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He played with death to prove a theory

Overview

An airline executive refuses to believe that pilot error, by his friend, caused a fatal crash and persists in looking for another reason.

  1. Ralph Nelson

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Glenn Ford

    Sam McBane

  2. Jane Russell

    Self

  3. Rod Taylor

    Captain Jack Savage

  4. Suzanne Pleshette

    Martha Webster

  5. Nancy Kwan

    Sally Fraser

  6. Wally Cox

    Ralph Bundy

  7. Nehemiah Persoff

    Ben Sawyer

  8. Mark Stevens

    Mickey Doolan

  9. Max Showalter

    Dan Crawford

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-02-17
When an airline tragedy kills fifty-seven people, it falls to investigator "McBane" (Glenn Ford) to get to the bottom of things. He has precious little to go on save for a report from the pilot claiming an engine fire before silence then the plane hit the ground. One of the survivors, the stewardess "Sally" (Nancy Kwan) has slightly conflicting information about the crash so "McBane" assembles the wreckage and he can't make either story work - something's not right! The absence of any clear technical fault suggests to all the it's his wartime friend "Savage" (Rod Taylor) who was at fault - but...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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