Wings of Danger (1952)

Directed by

Terence Fisher

Genre

drama film, film noir, crime film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 13m

Rated

U

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A pilot becomes a suspect in a smuggling operation. He must clear his name while navigating criminal underworlds and police suspicion.

suspensefulnoir-ishbrisktensegrittymoodystraightforward

What happens

Wings of Danger is a 1952 British second feature crime film directed by Terence Fisher and starring Zachary Scott, Robert Beatty and Kay Kendall. The screenplay, based on the 1951 story Dead on Course by Trevor Dudley Smith and Packham Webb, concerns a pilot who is suspected of smuggling. Jimmy Sangster was assistant director, Michael Carreras handled casting, and Phil Leakey did makeup. It was first released in the United States in April 1952 under its working title Dead on Course. It was later released in the UK (as Wings of Danger) on May 26, 1952 (on a double bill with FBI Girl), and it was re-released again later in Feb., 1953. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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