"SUSPENSE LIKE YOU'VE NEVER FELT BEFORE!"

1957

1h 21m

6.6(56 votes)

Drama

Thriller

Overview

In 1950s Canada, during a commercial flight, the pilots and some passengers suffer food poisoning, thus forcing an ex-WW2 fighter pilot to try to land the airliner in heavy fog.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Dana Andrews

Lt. Ted Stryker

Linda Darnell

Ellen Stryker

Sterling Hayden

Captain Martin Treleaven

Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch

Capt. Bill Wilson

Geoffrey Toone

Dr. Baird

Jerry Paris

Tony Decker

Peggy King

Stewardess Janet Turner

Charles Quinlivan

Harry Burdick

Patricia Tiernan

Mrs. Joan Wilson

Steve London

First Officer Walt Stewart

Creative team

Directed by: Hall Bartlett
Written by: Arthur Hailey
Hall Bartlett
Produced by: John C. Champion

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