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.
Cast
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 Officer
Simon Lack
Navigator
Hedger Wallace
Navigator
Charles Mylne
Steward
Howard Pays
Steward
Ballard Berkeley
Commissioner
Charles Lloyd Pack
Commissioner
Homi Bode
Controller
Anthony Newlands
Controller
Geoffrey Bayldon
Aircraft Controller
Ernest Blyth
2nd Court of Inquiry Member
Olga Dickie
Miss Wright
Victor Harrington
Court of Inquiry Member
Walter Henry
Court of Inquiry Member
Frederick Leister
Sir Henry
Gerald Sim
Operations Room Worker
Crew
Charles Frend
Director
Robert Westerby
Writer
David Beaty
Novel
Max Benedict
Editor
Arthur Grant
Director of Photography
Basil Rayburn
Assistant Director
Aubrey Baring
Producer
Moray Grant
Camera Operator
Anne Box
Hairdresser
Freddie Williamson
Makeup Artist
John Cox
Sound Supervisor
Buster Ambler
Sound Recordist
Peter Dukelow
Boom Operator
Gerard Schurmann
Original Music Composer
Wilfred Shingleton
Art Direction
