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.
Directed by John Farrow
bounty hunter
gangster
amazon rainforest
survival
stranded
jungle
airplane crash
headhunter
disaster movie
prisoner transport
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.5 / 5
Cast
Chester Morris
Bill Brooks
Lucille Ball
Peggy Nolan
Wendy Barrie
Alice Melbourne
John Carradine
Mr. Crimp
Allen Jenkins
Pete
Joseph Calleia
Vasquez
C. Aubrey Smith
Henry Spengler
Kent Taylor
Joe
Patric Knowles
Judson Ellis
Elisabeth Risdon
Martha Spengler
Dick Hogan
Larry
Pedro de Cordoba
Latin Ambassador (uncredited)
Crew
John Farrow
Director
Dalton Trumbo
Screenplay
Roy Webb
Original Music Composer
Nicholas Musuraca
Director of Photography
Albert S. D'Agostino
Assistant Art Director
Joseph F. Biroc
Camera Operator
George Magrill
Stunt Double
Bud Geary
Stunt Double
Vernon L. Walker
Special Effects
Van Nest Polglase
Art Direction
Popular Reviews
3 reviews
Julie Andrews
6.6★ · 08/01/23
As part of Lucille Ball week, I decided to watch this movie.
Solid movie although not Lucille's best film
As part of Lucille Ball week, I decided to watch this movie.