Airplane passengers prepare for a crash landing in the ocean.Airplane passengers prepare for a crash landing in the ocean.Airplane passengers prepare for a crash landing in the ocean.
- Helen Williams
- (as Nancy Davis)
- Chorus Girl
- (uncredited)
- Chorus Girl
- (uncredited)
- Barrie Williams
- (uncredited)
- Mel
- (uncredited)
- Carlos Ortega
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
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- TriviaBased on the Pan Am Flight 6 incident of October 1956, in which. 24 passengers and seven crew survived the ditching of a Boeing Stratocruiser with help from a US Coast Guard cutter.
- GoofsThe information above is incorrect. Both outboard engines have failed, the were able to feather the left (#1) engine which keeps the prop from rotating and creating drag. They failed at an attempt to feather the right (#4) engine so it continued to spin from the airflow which creates additional drag and thus needed extra fuel to make their destination. This is the reason they were forced to ditch.
- Quotes
Teddy Burton: What about my dog? Are we gonna have to leave Wilbur?
Phil Burton: As soon as we get home, I'll get you another one, Teddy.
Teddy Burton: I don't want another one. I want Wilbur.
Capt. Steve Williams: Look, Teddy, if you're going to grow up to fly jet planes, you're going to have to learn about emergencies. Now suppose you were in command of a planetary rocket and something went wrong and saving an animal's life meant sacrificing a person. You'd give up the animal wouldn't you, even if it was yours?
Teddy Burton: I guess so. Can I go see him?
Capt. Steve Williams: Look, Teddy, your dog is back beyond the lounge, now if you went back there and something happened and we had to ditch before we expect to, your father would go back to get you, that'd worry your mother, now you don't want to upset them at a time like this, do you?
Teddy Burton: No, I guess not. But he'll think I'm a deserter; that I didn't even think of him.
Capt. Steve Williams: I think we can fix it so that he won't.
Teddy Burton: How?
Capt. Steve Williams: Well, if you let me take your hat, I'll take it back and put it in the box next to him. He'll know it's yours and he'll know you're thinking about him. And that will make him feel better, right?
Teddy Burton: Would you do that? Would you really?
Capt. Steve Williams: Yes, sure. Well now that we've got that stowed, why don't you help your mother and father take your little brother to the forward section.
Teddy Burton: Okay.
[Teddy, his mother and the baby move away]
Phil Burton: And you asked me how a father gets along with his son!
- ConnectionsReferenced in They Came from Beyond - Sam Katzman at Columbia (2023)
America used to be able to produce movies which were OK. Just search "ww2 instructional video" on YouTube and you'll find tons of good quality cinematographic material.
This movie comes from such an era. An era, when movies used to be well tailored and well crafted. This is down to the roots kind of thing. There is something romantic and mysterious about a commercial flight plane. A bunch of people stuck in limited space, fighting for survival under the leadership of the crew. This movie didn't capture it, this movie created the whole genre.
- jan-hranac
- Mar 31, 2023
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- Rescue at Sea
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- Runtime1 hour 16 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1