Richard Denning
Captain Allen Danton
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Synopsis
An army nurse accompanies a former prisoner suffering from amnesia on a postwar flight. Other passengers carry very different wartime histories. When the aircraft's journey becomes a struggle for survival at sea, rescuers and survivors face the consequences together.
Cast
DirectorsWilliam H. Pine
Behind the scenes
The US Army Air Forces Air Rescue Service cooperated with the production and supplied a technical adviser. Its participation connects the fictional emergency to the organisation and procedures of contemporary rescue work.
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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.
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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.
Photograph credit
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- Richard Denning — NBC Television · Public domain
- Catherine Craig — unknown (Paramount Pictures) · Public domain
- Russell Hayden — unknown (Paramount Pictures) · Public domain
- Ann Doran — film screenshot · Public domain
