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A cross-country airliner, whose passengers include a nuclear physicist, a rocket expert, and a mathematical genius, is drawn beyond radar range by an unknown, unbreakable force.A cross-country airliner, whose passengers include a nuclear physicist, a rocket expert, and a mathematical genius, is drawn beyond radar range by an unknown, unbreakable force.A cross-country airliner, whose passengers include a nuclear physicist, a rocket expert, and a mathematical genius, is drawn beyond radar range by an unknown, unbreakable force.
Paul Bradley
- Passenger
- (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
- Passenger
- (uncredited)
Stephen Ellsworth Crowley
- Crowley - ATC Official
- (uncredited)
Francis De Sales
- George Manson
- (uncredited)
Sam Harris
- Passenger
- (uncredited)
Eden Hartford
- Miss Ford
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaA reviewer wrote: " For some reason the sound of jet engines are used throughout the film for what is supposed to be a propeller driven airplane." CORRECTION: Throughout the film the familiar rumbling sound of the aircraft's propellers is very clear. At no point in the film do the propellers sound like jet engines, which, would have a distinctively smooth and consistent whine.
- GoofsAbout 10 minutes in, the flight attendant brings 3 cups of coffee for the flight crew. When she hands the 3rd cup to the navigator, she tips it. If the cup had been full of liquid it would have spilled.
- Quotes
Dr. Carl Morris: You're out of your mind.
Walter Cooper: No! Don't say that to me! I've never let anyone say that to me. Not even the doctors in the hospital.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits list the three major actors as "Co-starring."
- Alternate versionsAlso available in a computer colored version.
- ConnectionsEdited from The High and the Mighty (1954)
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If Daffy Duck wrote for the Twilight Zone
Watching this last night, I'm actually thinking about this absurd movie still. And that makes me wonder, why? 1961 is in the middle of the cold war, couple years into the broadcasting of Twilight Zone (but before Outer Limits), four years after Sputnik orbits the planet, and five years following a terrific movie "Forbidden Plant". I'm thinking my rating of 5 is gracious and I'm interested how other reviews are much more satisified.
The science is so poor, from the poster showing a jetliner while the aircraft is a Douglas DC-6, or the plot having the craft operating more than twice it's operational ceiling, or noticing the footage is from different aircraft shots. The story builds at reasonable pace but becomes almost painful to struggle through. The 72-min movie may have been the 2nd movie for the theatre or drive-in, which is fine should you find yourself trapped to witness an event, like being at your cousin's baseball game. But what stops you from turning it off while watching at home? It felt like watching a slow moving Zamboni crash into the sideboards -- you know you should just walk away but find yourself compelled to see the collision.
The acting is stable and engaging with the only cast member that I recognized, was Meg Wyllie from a Star Trek appearance (and most people won't even notice that connection). Two-thirds of the way through this low-budget production, a feeling of Twilight Zone finally came on me and watching became less arduous. This social commentary may well have been worthy of thoughts for their future. And maybe that is still relevant today -- just because we CAN do something, doesn't mean that SHOULD do it.
The science is so poor, from the poster showing a jetliner while the aircraft is a Douglas DC-6, or the plot having the craft operating more than twice it's operational ceiling, or noticing the footage is from different aircraft shots. The story builds at reasonable pace but becomes almost painful to struggle through. The 72-min movie may have been the 2nd movie for the theatre or drive-in, which is fine should you find yourself trapped to witness an event, like being at your cousin's baseball game. But what stops you from turning it off while watching at home? It felt like watching a slow moving Zamboni crash into the sideboards -- you know you should just walk away but find yourself compelled to see the collision.
The acting is stable and engaging with the only cast member that I recognized, was Meg Wyllie from a Star Trek appearance (and most people won't even notice that connection). Two-thirds of the way through this low-budget production, a feeling of Twilight Zone finally came on me and watching became less arduous. This social commentary may well have been worthy of thoughts for their future. And maybe that is still relevant today -- just because we CAN do something, doesn't mean that SHOULD do it.
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- Runtime1 hour 11 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Flight That Disappeared (1961) officially released in Canada in English?
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