The Flight That Disappeared

1961
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1h 11m

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Craig Hill, Dayton Lummis, and Paula Raymond in The Flight That Disappeared (1961)

A cross-country airliner, whose passengers include a nuclear physicist, a rocket expert, and a mathematical genius, is drawn beyond radar range by an unknown, unbreakable force.A cross-country airliner, whose passengers include a nuclear physicist, a rocket expert, and a mathematical genius, is drawn beyond radar range by an unknown, unbreakable force.A cross-country airliner, whose passengers include a nuclear physicist, a rocket expert, and a mathematical genius, is drawn beyond radar range by an unknown, unbreakable force.

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Craig Hill

Tom Endicott

Paula Raymond

Marcia Paxton

Dayton Lummis

Dr. Carl Morris

Gregory Morton

The Examiner

Harvey Stephens

Walter Cooper

John Bryant

Hank Norton

Nancy Hale

Barbara Nielsen

Addison Richards

The Sage

Brad Trumbull

Jack Peters

Bernadette Hale

Joan Agnew

Meg Wyllie

Helen Cooper

Roy Engel

Jameson
(as Roy Engle)

Paul Bradley

Passenger
(uncredited)

Ralph Brooks

Passenger
(uncredited)

Stephen Ellsworth Crowley

Crowley - ATC Official
(uncredited)

Francis De Sales

George Manson
(uncredited)

Sam Harris

Passenger
(uncredited)

Eden Hartford

Miss Ford
(uncredited)

Director
- Reginald Le Borg
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Trivia
A reviewer wrote: "For some reason the sound of jet engines are used throughout the film for what is supposed to be a propeller driven airplane." CORRECTION: Throughout the film the familiar rumbling sound of the aircraft's propellers is very clear. At no point in the film do the propellers sound like jet engines which would have a distinctively smooth and consistent whine.

Goofs
About 10 minutes in, the flight attendant brings 3 cups of coffee for the flight crew. When she hands the 3rd cup to the navigator, she tips it. If the cup had been full of liquid it would have spilled.

Quotes
Dr. Carl Morris: You're out of your mind.
Walter Cooper: No! Don't say that to me! I've never let anyone say that to me. Not even the doctors in the hospital.

Crazy credits
Opening credits list the three major actors as "Co-starring."

Alternate versions
Also available in a computer colored version.

Connections
Edited from Écrit dans le ciel (1954)

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6/10

A Bit Too Much Maybe?

A cross-country airliner, whose passengers include a nuclear physicist, a rocket expert, and a mathematical genius, is drawn beyond radar range by an unknown, unbreakable force.

Others have compared this film to "The Twilight Zone", and rightly so. I am almost surprised no one from the show was involved in this film, because the plot and political point of view is exactly the same. The only difference is that this is much longer (and maybe not necessarily so -- I can see this story being told in 25 minutes).

If the film has any real flaw, it is that the morality is a bit over the top and extreme. The message is a good one, and one that hardly anyone could disagree with. But it comes off almost preachy and condescending because there is not one ounce of subtlety in it at all. (I am being vague here so as not to spoil anything, though the plot is about as obvious as possible.)