
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.
Cast

Chester Morris
Bill Brooks

Lucille Ball
Peggy Nolan

Wendy Barrie
Alice Melbourne

John Carradine
Mr. Crimp

Allen Jenkins
Pete

Joseph Calleia
Vasquez

C. Aubrey Smith
Henry Spengler

Kent Taylor
Joe

Patric Knowles
Judson Ellis

Elisabeth Risdon
Martha Spengler
Casey Johnson
Tommy Mulvaney

Dick Hogan
Larry, Larry (uncredited)

Pedro de Cordoba
Latin Ambassador (uncredited)

Frank Faylen
Photographer (uncredited)

Bud Geary
Policeman (uncredited)

Charlie Hall
Airport Worker (uncredited)

Robert Homans
Police Captain (uncredited)

Selmer Jackson
Airlines Official (uncredited)
Tiny Jones
Flower Lady (uncredited)

Frank Mills
Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Pat O'Malley
Mike Mulvaney (uncredited)

Ronald R. Rondell
Page with Package (uncredited)
Crew

John Farrow
Director
Jerome Cady
Screenplay

Dalton Trumbo
Screenplay
Nathanael West
Screenplay
Richard Carroll
Story
Harry Marker
Editor

Nicholas Musuraca
Director of Photography
Sam Ruman
Assistant Director
W. Argyle Nelson
Assistant Director
Robert Sisk
Producer

Joseph F. Biroc
Camera Operator
Edward Stevenson
Costume Designer

Albert S. D'Agostino
Assistant Art Director
John E. Tribby
Sound Recordist

Vernon L. Walker
Special Effects

Roy Webb
Original Music Composer

George Magrill
Stunt Double

Bud Geary
Stunt Double
Lee S. Marcus
Production Executive

Van Nest Polglase
Art Direction
George Parrish
Orchestrator
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