The read
It runs a compact 1h 15m.
Synopsis
Twelve people are aboard Coast Airline's flagship the Silver Queen enroute to South America when the airplane encounters a storm and is blown off course. Crashing into jungles known to be inhabited by head hunters, pilots Bill and Joe race against time to fix the engines and attempt a take off. The situation brings out the best and worst in the stranded dozen as they create a makeshift runway and prepare to escape before the natives attack. But damage to the plane and low fuel reserves means that only 5 people can be carried to safety.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
42 audience votes
Key crew
- John FarrowDirector
- Jerome CadyScreenplay
- Dalton TrumboScreenplay
- Nathanael WestScreenplay
- Roy WebbOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Chester MorrisBill Brooks
- Lucille BallPeggy Nolan
- Wendy BarrieAlice Melbourne
- John CarradineMr. Crimp
- Allen JenkinsPete
- Joseph CalleiaVasquez
- C. Aubrey SmithHenry Spengler
- Kent TaylorJoe
- Patric KnowlesJudson Ellis
- Elisabeth RisdonMartha Spengler
- Casey JohnsonTommy Mulvaney
- Dick HoganLarry