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Jet Storm (1959)

Jet Storm poster
Directed by
Cy Endfield
Genre
thriller film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 39m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A passenger on a plane threatens to cause a disaster unless the person he blames for a family tragedy is handed over. The crew and passengers must deal with the escalating crisis before the flight reaches its destination.

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What happens

Jet Storm (also known as Jet Stream or Killing Urge) is a 1959 British thriller film directed and co-written by Cy Endfield. Richard Attenborough stars with Stanley Baker, Hermione Baddeley and Diane Cilento. The film is a precursor to the later aviation disaster film genre such as Airport (1970). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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