Overview
Crisis in the air: A passenger aboard a commercial airplane flying from London to New York threatens to detonate a bomb over the Atlantic.
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Music
Music by Thomas Rajna
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Jack Hildyard
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Sigmund MillerOriginal Story
- Cy EndfieldScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 16, 1959
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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Cast
Richard AttenboroughErnest Tilley
Stanley BakerCapt. Bardow
Harry SecombeBinky Meadows
Hermione BaddeleyMrs. Satterly
George RoseJames Burlington Brock
Mai ZetterlingCarol Tilley
Diane CilentoAngelica Como
Virginia MaskellPam Leyton
Elizabeth SellarsInez Barrington
David KossoffDr. Bergstein
Barbara KellyEdwina Randolph
Megs JenkinsRose Brock- Jeremy JudgeJeremy Tracer
- Marty WildeBilly Forrester
Jocelyn LaneClara Forrester
Patrick AllenAllan Mulliner
Bernard BradenOtis Randolph
Paul EddingtonVictor Tracer
Lana MorrisJane Tracer
Cec LinderCol. Coe
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