The read
Audiences rate it 28 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
An airline executive refuses to believe that pilot error, by his friend, caused a fatal crash and persists in looking for another reason.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes40%
Audiences rate it 28 points higher than critics do.
41 audience votes
Key crew
- Ralph NelsonDirector
- Harold MedfordScreenplay
- Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Glenn FordSam McBane
- Jane RussellSelf
- Rod TaylorCaptain Jack Savage
- Suzanne PleshetteMartha Webster
- Nancy KwanSally Fraser
- Wally CoxRalph Bundy
- Nehemiah PersoffBen Sawyer
- Mark StevensMickey Doolan
- Max ShowalterDan Crawford
- Constance TowersPeg Burke
- Howard St. JohnMark Hutchins
- Robert J. WilkeStillman
Stills
Themes
airplanebased on novel or bookstewardessinvestigationaviationairplane crashlos angeles, californiablack and whitepilot error