Jet crash mystery solved !!! Where does the blame belong ? Is it the plane ? Is is the pilot ? Is it a plot ?
A seasoned pilot is condemned for an error which causes a crash. The pilot later dies in a crash with similar circumstances and an examiner looks for scientific reasons for the crashes.
- 6.7
- 1960
- Released
- 1h 28m
Michael Craig
Capt. Hugh Dallas
Peter Cushing
Capt. Clive Judd
Bernard Lee
Capt. George Gort
Elizabeth Seal
Charlotte Gort
George Sanders
Sir Arnold Hobbes
André Morell
Capt. Edward Manningham
Gordon Jackson
Capt. Jock Bateson
Charles Tingwell
Capt. Braddock
Noel Willman
Nigel Pickering
Delphi Lawrence
Joyce Mitchell
Marne Maitland
Mr. Robinson
William Abney
First Officer
Jack Hedley
First OfficerSimon Lack
Navigator
Hedger Wallace
NavigatorCharles Mylne
StewardHoward Pays
Steward
Ballard Berkeley
Commissioner
Charles Lloyd Pack
CommissionerHomi Bode
Controller
Anthony Newlands
Controller
Geoffrey Bayldon
Aircraft ControllerErnest Blyth
2nd Court of Inquiry Member
Olga Dickie
Miss WrightVictor Harrington
Court of Inquiry MemberWalter Henry
Court of Inquiry Member
Frederick Leister
Sir Henry
Gerald Sim
Operations Room WorkerReleased
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- #airplane
- #based on novel or book
- #pilot
- #airplane crash
- #courtroom
- #aircraft factory
Reviews
Just as jet engine-powered aircraft were starting to take to the skies, veteran "Capt. Gort" (Bernard Lee) is involved in a near miss trying to take off in his new, state-of-the-art "Phoenix" aircraft. At the subsequent inquiry, he faces thinly veiled criticism from "Sir Arnold" (George Sanders) but is nonetheless cleared to keep flying by his senior colleague "Dallas" (Michael Craig). This earns