Twelve people are aboard Coast Airline's flagship the Silver Queen enroute to South America when the airplane encounters a storm and is blown off course. Crashing into jungles known to be inhabited by head hunters, pilots Bill and Joe race against time to fix the engines and attempt a take off. The situation brings out the best and worst in the stranded dozen as they create a makeshift runway and prepare to escape before the natives attack. But damage to the plane and low fuel reserves means that only 5 people can be carried to safety.
John Farrow | Director |
Jerome Cady | Screenplay |
Dalton Trumbo | Screenplay |
Nathanael West | Screenplay |
Albert S. D'Agostino | Assistant Art Director |
Richard Carroll | Story |
Nicholas Musuraca | Director of Photography |
George Parrish | Orchestrator |
Joseph F. Biroc | Camera Operator |
George Magrill | Stunt Double |