The read
A Balasaur Score of 59 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 46%. Audiences rate it 20 points higher than critics do. Most of the 143 1950s adventure movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit assignments he finds himself on a routine Honolulu-to-San Francisco flight that takes a terrifying turn when disaster strikes high above the Pacific Ocean after the point of no return.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes46%
Audiences rate it 20 points higher than critics do.
90 audience votes
Key crew
- Ernest K. GannScreenplay
- Dimitri TiomkinOriginal Music Composer
- William A. WellmanDirector
Cast
- John WayneDan Roman
- Claire TrevorMay Holst
- Laraine DayLydia Rice
- Robert StackJohn Sullivan
- Jan SterlingSally McKee
- Phil HarrisEd Joseph
- Robert NewtonGustave Pardee
- David BrianKen Childs
- Paul KellyDonald Flaherty
- Sidney BlackmerHumphrey Agnew
- Julie BishopLillian Pardee
- Pedro Gonzalez GonzalezGonzales
Stills
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Themes
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