Top Billed Cast

Glenn Ford
Sam McBane
Nancy Kwan
Sally Fraser
Rod Taylor
Captain Jack Savage
Suzanne Pleshette
Martha Webster
Jane Russell
Self
Wally Cox
Ralph Bundy
Nehemiah Persoff
Ben Sawyer
Mark Stevens
Mickey Doolan
Max Showalter
Dan Crawford
Constance Towers
Peg Burke
Howard St. John
Mark Hutchins
Robert J. Wilke
Stillman
Bert Freed
Dillon
Dort Clark
Ted Wilson
Mary Wickes
Mrs. Llewlyn
Robert F. Simon
Proctor
Stanley Adams
Bernie (uncredited)
Robert Adler
FBI Agent (uncredited)
Don Ames
Party Guest (uncredited)
François André
Technician (uncredited)
Al Bain
Inquiry Board Spectator (uncredited)
Evadne Baker
Secretary (uncredited)
Tony Barr
Coordinator (uncredited)
Brandon Beach
Inquiry Board Spectator (uncredited)
David Bedell
Technician (uncredited)
Jim Boles
Airline Passenger (uncredited)
George Bruggeman
Party Guest (uncredited)
Rusty Burrell
News Reporter (uncredited)
Marianna Case
D'Arcy (uncredited)
Dick Cherney
Soldier (uncredited)
Booth Colman
Technician (uncredited)
Paul Cristo
Party Guest (uncredited)
Sayre Dearing
Inquiry Board Spectator (uncredited)
George DeNormand
Board Member (uncredited)
Kem Dibbs
FBI Agent (uncredited)
George Dockstader
Policeman (uncredited)
Bob Duggan
Reporter (uncredited)
Minta Durfee
Airline Passenger (uncredited)
Kort Falkenberg
Air Traffic Controller (uncredited)
George Ford
Loadmaster (uncredited)
Peter Ford
Attendant (uncredited)
James Gonzalez
Airline Employee (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin
Art Baldwin (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
Inspector (uncredited)
Pitt Herbert
Man (uncredited)
George Holmes
Board Member (uncredited)
Joseph Hoover
Newsman (uncredited)
John Hubbard
Al Robbins (uncredited)
Charles Irving
Inquiry Board Chairman (uncredited)
Michael Jeffers
Inspector (uncredited)
Morgan Justin
TV Camera Crewman (uncredited)
Rusty Lane
Supervisor (uncredited)
John Lawrence
Priest (uncredited)
Paul Lukather
News Reporter (uncredited)
Dorothy Malone
Lisa Bond (uncredited)
William Meader
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Laurie Mitchell
Bar Hostess (uncredited)
Sol Murgi
Party Guest (uncredited)
Paulene Myers
Mother (uncredited)
Ron Nyman
Bob (uncredited)
Joe Patridge
First Officer Murray (uncredited)
Charles Perry
Inspector (uncredited)
Paul Power
Reporter (uncredited)
Anthony Redondo
Party Guest (uncredited)
Marshall Reed
News Reporter (uncredited)
Tony Regan
Party Guest (uncredited)
Edward Rickard
Party Guest (uncredited)
Christopher Riordan
Soldier in Audience (uncredited)
Clark Ross
Airline Passenger (uncredited)
Jerry Rush
Reporter (uncredited)
Mark Russell
Soldier (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
Party Guest (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Airline Employee (uncredited)
Joe Scott
Controller (uncredited)
James Secrest
Orderly (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
Airline Passenger (uncredited)
John Stevens
News Reporter (uncredited)
Harry Swoger
Airport Employee (uncredited)
Hal Taggart
Doctor (uncredited)
Ralph Thomas
News Reporter (uncredited)
Paul Trinka
WWII Navigator (uncredited)
Blaine Turner
Inquiry Board Spectator (uncredited)
Richard Walsh
Radio Newsman (uncredited)
Arch Whiting
Party Guest (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
Inquiry Board Spectator (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Feb 17 2024

When an airline tragedy kills fifty-seven people, it falls to investigator "McBane" (Glenn Ford) to get to the bottom of things. He has precious little to go on save for a report from the pilot claiming an engine fire before silence then the plane hit the ground. One of the survivors, the stewardess "Sally" (Nancy Kwan) has slightly conflicting information about the crash so "McBane" assembles the wreckage and he can't make either story work - something's not right! The absence of any clear technical fault suggests to all the it's his wartime friend "Savage" (Rod Taylor) who was at fault - but ...