In 1950s Canada, during a commercial flight, the pilots and some passengers suffer food poisoning, thus forcing an ex-WW2 fighter pilot to try to land the airliner in heavy fog.
Cast
Dana Andrews
Lt. Ted Stryker
Linda Darnell
Ellen Stryker
Sterling Hayden
Captain Martin Treleaven
Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch
Capt. Bill Wilson
Geoffrey Toone
Dr. Baird
Jerry Paris
Tony Decker
Peggy King
Stewardess Janet Turner
Charles Quinlivan
Harry Burdick
Patricia Tiernan
Mrs. Joan Wilson
Steve London
First Officer Walt Stewart
Jo Ann Wade
Treleaven's Baby Sitter
Ray Ferrell
Joey Stryker
John Ashley
TV Singer
Willis Bouchey
RCAF Doctor
Maxine Cooper
Sick Plane Passenger
David Thursby
Whitmond
Noel Drayton
Vancouver Control Man
Fintan Meyler
Hysterical Woman
Larry Thor
Vancouver Radio Dispatcher
Russell Thorson
Vancouver Flight Dispatcher
Robert Stevenson
Calgary Operator
Mary Newton
Plane Passenger with Rosary Beads
Will Sage
Vancouver Radar Controller
Will J. White
Vancouver Policeman
Hope Summers
Older Woman
Richard Keith
Calgary Station Manager
Arthur Hanson
Toer Operator
Roy Gordon
Frank Graham
Woody Chambliss
Reporter (uncredited)
William Conrad
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Fred Fisher
Plane Passenger (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Plane Passenger (uncredited)
James Gonzalez
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
Editor (uncredited)
Duane Grey
Plane Passenger (uncredited)
S. John Launer
Vancouver Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
James Maloney
Plane Passenger (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Monty O'Grady
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Katherine Warren
Mrs. Purdy (uncredited)
John Zaremba
Passenger with Sick Wife (uncredited)
Crew
Hall Bartlett
Director, Screenplay
Arthur Hailey
Screenplay, Story
John C. Champion
Screenplay, Producer
John C. Fuller
Editor
John F. Warren
Director of Photography
Boris Leven
Production Design
Kay Shea
Hairstylist
Lillian Shore
Hairstylist
Steve Drumm
Makeup Artist
Charles Grenzbach
Sound Recordist
Lyle Figland
Sound Recordist
John P. Fulton
Special Effects
Norman O'Skeete
Special Effects
Ted Dale
Original Music Composer
Ross Dowd
Set Decoration
Joan Eremin
Script Supervisor
Lee Lukather
Production Manager
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