Flight into Danger (1956)
- Original title
- Flight Into Danger
- Directed by
- Gabriel Axel
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 52 min
- Rating
- 10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A passenger on a commercial flight must take over the controls after the pilots are incapacitated by food poisoning. The drama unfolds in real time as the inexperienced person tries to land the plane with guidance from the ground.
tensesuspensefulclaustrophobicanxiousurgentsparsereal-timedramatic
What happens
Flight into Danger is a 1956 Canadian live television play starring James Doohan, Corinne Conley and Cec Linder. It was written by Arthur Hailey, produced and screened by CBC Television, and broadcast on April 3, 1956, on the General Motors Theatre series. It was later adapted into two different feature films, a parody feature film, a novel, and international television versions in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Australia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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