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Summary

A plane flying over the Swiss Alps develops engine trouble and is forced to crash-land on a glacier. Unable to radio for help because of damaged batteries and with limited food supplies, the survivors must come to a decision -- whether to stay and wait for help they believe is coming or to leave the shelter of the wrecked plane and set out in bad weather to try to reach civilization.

Cast

Phyllis Calvert

Mary Johnstone

James Donald

Bill Haverton

Margot Grahame

Joanna Dane

Francis L. Sullivan

Anton Perami

Guy Rolfe

Captain Fox

David Tomlinson

Jimmy Marshall

Raymond Huntley

Edward Marshall

Derek Bond

Richard Faber

Grey Blake

John Barber

Sonia Holm

Anne Stephens

Andrew Crawford

Kid Cormack

Charles Victor

Harry Gunn

Gerard Heinz

Romer

Mary Hinton

Mrs. Barber

Jan Van Loewen

Opera House Director

Arthur Goullet

1st Guide

Leo Bieber

2nd Guide

Bonar Colleano

Reporter (uncredited)

Philo Hauser

Ambulance Man (uncredited)

Ferdy Mayne

Pelotti (uncredited)

Jim Brady

Man Pushing Past Mary (uncredited)

Karl Stepanek

Swiss Officer (uncredited)

Crew

Director

Ken Annakin

Director

Michael C. Chorlton

Screenplay

Robert Westerby

Reviews

Geronimo1967

July 9, 2022

5

A group of folks are on a plane that crash lands high in the Swiss Alps. Their radio is flat so they have to decide whether to stick it out in the (relative) safety of their aircraft or set off to find help. It's got quite a good British cast - a starring performance from Francis L. Sullivan with Guy Rolfe & Phyllis Calvert et al but the characters are all pretty unattractive and by the end I really didn't much care if they survived or not... It is also quite dialogue heavy with precious little actual action once the plane has skidded to it's lofty stop.