Sorry, this movie sucks

A Disappointing Continuation

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Excellent drama about an airliner, piloted by Dana Andrews, on a collision course with a Navy jet, piloted by Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. The bulk of the movie is spent on the personal stories of the pilots, crew, and passengers. In many ways, it's a precursor to the Airport movies of the '70s. Zimbalist and Andrews would play reverse roles in Airport 1975, with Zimbalist playing the pilot of the airliner and Andrews playing the pilot of the smaller plane that collide in midair. Both actors are terrific in this and manage to be two of the only cast members not to have any really silly moments. Rhonda Fleming plays Zimbalist's royal bitch of a wife. I felt bad for their daughter. Wooden John Kerr is Andrews' baby-faced co-pilot who's having a thing with sexy stewardess Anne Francis. She has the best lines in the film ("I'm the ex-champ of tramps and ex-tramps make the best wives."). Joe Mantell provides colorful comic relief and the film's most memorable exit. Troy Donahue is Zimbalist's ill-fated passenger. Keenan Wynn, Jean Willes, and Patsy Kelly are a few of the passengers. Probably what most people either love or hate about this movie are the scenes where we get close-ups of a character's face as we hear their thoughts. It's very cheesy but provides a lot of unintentional humor. The quaint special effects are cute. It's a good suspenseful drama with a lot of comedy, intended and otherwise.

Absolutely a miserable film in the airplane disaster genre. It's so bad, not because of the cast, but rather the most unbelievably ridiculous writing. Everyone has his own story here, and the plot becomes more ridiculous as the picture goes on.An older looking Dana Andrews found fault with his young son from the time of the latter's birth. You never saw a wife die so quickly in this totally waste of effort film. Jealous of John Kerr, who gave loving attention at the funeral of Andrews' wife, Andrews makes sure that Kerr never becomes a captain.In the other plane, Efraim Zimbalist plays a pilot with a loving young daughter. The latter worships the ground he walks on. He is married to a possessive, manipulative woman. (Rhonda Fleming.) Their marriage has gone nowhere. His passenger is Troy Donahue. We never knew why Donahue had to get home to Washington so quickly. By the end of the film, we couldn't care less.Kerr has a problem. Should he continue as a pilot or become an artist, as his asylum-resident father has been. The latter in a catatonic state has resumed painting. What? The guy doesn't even know what planet he is on.What were the writers thinking when they wrote this garbage? None of the plots or subplots are carefully examined.No wonder that John Kerr eventually quit acting. With a picture like this, forget it.

Yes I loved it. What a gem of a movie.I taped this just on a whim as it was on a very late night run here and I have to say I loved it. I found it a treat and a gem. My favourite part of the film is when a character is thinking out loud the camera focuses in on that person and the lighting around them dims as we head into their world either via voice over or a flashback scene.I would not mind adding this movie to my collection if it ever comes out on DVD. This is one of the movies, no doubt that paved the way for movies like "Airport" and all those awful disaster movies of the 70s and 80s. Good going I'll give it 7/10

I saw this movie on television at 2am on a Monday morning. i was so damn tired, but after the initial 10 minutes i could not look away. basically through flashbacks we are told the stories of characters on two planes. how did they get there? what motivates them? will we be told this? no. no, we won't. random thoughts and odd conversations that float around in these characters heads don't do much for the story, but still somehow just manage to keep you interested. the acting is terrible, the story is foul and confusing and the end is laughable. so why did i love this movie? was it because there was nothing else on? yes. that is the answer. if you find yourself in the same situation i'm sure you'll agree.