poster

1965

NR (12/15/1965) (US)

Adventure, Drama,

2h 22m

72

User Score

Theirs was the triumph - yours, the excitement!

Overview

A cargo aircraft crashes in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for a replacement aircraft they need to build before their food and water run out.

1965

72

User Score

NR (12/15/1965) (US)

Adventure, Drama,

2h 22m

Theirs was the triumph - yours, the excitement!

Overview

A cargo aircraft crashes in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for a replacement aircraft they need to build before their food and water run out.

Cast

James Stewart

James Stewart

Frank Towns

Peter Finch

Peter Finch

Captain Harris

Hardy Krüger

Hardy Krüger

Heinrich Dorfmann

Ernest Borgnine

Ernest Borgnine

Trucker Cobb

Ronald Fraser

Ronald Fraser

Sergeant Watson

Dan Duryea

Dan Duryea

Standish

Stanley Ralph Ross

Stanley Ralph Ross

Arab Singer (voice) (uncredited)