Le crash mystérieux

Original title: Fate Is the Hunter

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6.8/10

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Glenn Ford and Suzanne Pleshette in Le crash mystérieux (1964)

An airline executive refuses to believe that pilot error, by his friend, caused a fatal crash and persists in looking for another reason.

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An airline executive refuses to believe that pilot error, by his friend, caused a fatal crash and persists in looking for another reason.An airline executive refuses to believe that pilot error, by his friend, caused a fatal crash and persists in looking for another reason.An airline executive refuses to believe that pilot error, by his friend, caused a fatal crash and persists in looking for another reason.

Director
- Ralph Nelson
Writers
- Ernest K. Gann
- Harold Medford
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

YOUR RATING

Director
- Ralph Nelson
Writers
- Ernest K. Gann
- Harold Medford
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 wins & 2 nominations total

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Trivia
The fictional airliner in this movie is a DC-7, substantially altered to look like a contemporary jet airliner, but not resemble any that actually existed. Because of the theme (and to avoid spoiling an excellent ending), no airline or aircraft manufacturer would have anything to do with the movie, and any resemblance to an actual aircraft would invite litigation. Curiously, there are aspects to the fake wings that are almost 30 years ahead of their time.

Goofs
The aircraft used for this movie - cobbled together from a Douglas propeller airliner - would be impossibly tail heavy with tail-mounted engines. The wings are too far forward. If it managed to achieve flight, it would instantly stall and crash.

Quotes
Capt. Jack Savage: When your number's up, why fight it, right? And if its not, why worry about it?

Connections
Referenced in Beverly Hills: The Time Has Come Today (1994)

Soundtracks
Fate Is the Hunter
Music by Jerry Goldsmith
Lyrics by Don Wolf

User reviews74

Featured review

10/10

Not One To Miss....

If this happens to be on your cable channel it is a MUST SEE!! Ford plays Sam McBane, a VP with an airline which has just lost a plane in a crash. Taylor plays the pilot of the aircraft, who also happens to have been a war-buddy. The rest of the cast is top-notch and the story outstanding. However, it bears pointing out that YOU MUST WATCH THE FIRST 10-12 minutes and MOST DEFINITELY the finale as it brings all of the film to full circle. Watch it and enjoy!!