1951 • NR • 1h 38m
6.9/10
(56 users) 
Overview
James Stewart plays aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey, the quintessential absent-minded professor James Stewart plays aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey, the quintessential absent-minded professor: eccentric, forgetful, but brilliant. His studies show that the aircraft being manufactured by his employer has a subtle but deadly design flaw that manifests itself only after the aircraft has flown a certain number of hours. En route to a crash site to prove his theory, Honey discovers that he is aboard a plane rapidly approaching his predicted deadline.
6.9/10
(56 users) Cast / Crew 
James Stewart Theodore Honey 
Glynis Johns Marjorie Corder 
Marlene Dietrich Monica Teasdale 
Janette Scott Elspeth Honey 
Jack Hawkins Dennis Scott 
Elizabeth Allan Shirley Scott 
Ronald Squire Sir John, Director 
Wilfrid Hyde-White Fisher, Inspector of Accidents (uncredited) 
Bessie Love Plane Passenger (uncredited) 
Jill Clifford Peggy, Stewardess 
Felix Aylmer Douglas Bradley-Smith Basil Appleby 
Dora Bryan Hilda Campbell-Russell Plane Passenger Margaret Furse Wardrobe Supervisor Buster Ambler Sound Recordist Alec Coppel Writer R.C. Sherriff Writer 
Nevil Shute Novel 
Henry Koster Director Oscar Millard Writer 
Malcolm Arnold Original Music Composer C.P. Norman Art Direction 
Christian Dior Costume Design 
Georges Périnal Director of Photography Arthur Evans Still Photographer Arthur Allighan Publicist Manuel del Campo Editor Louis D. Lighton Producer
James Stewart Theodore Honey Glynis Johns Marjorie Corder Marlene Dietrich Monica Teasdale Janette Scott Elspeth Honey Jack Hawkins Dennis Scott Elizabeth Allan Shirley Scott Ronald Squire Sir John, Director Wilfrid Hyde-White Fisher, Inspector of Accidents (uncredited) Bessie Love Plane Passenger (uncredited) Jill Clifford Peggy, Stewardess Felix Aylmer Douglas Bradley-Smith Basil Appleby Dora Bryan Hilda Campbell-Russell Plane Passenger Margaret Furse Wardrobe Supervisor Buster Ambler Sound Recordist Alec Coppel Writer R.C. Sherriff Writer Nevil Shute Novel Henry Koster Director Oscar Millard Writer Malcolm Arnold Original Music Composer C.P. Norman Art Direction Christian Dior Costume Design Georges Périnal Director of Photography Arthur Evans Still Photographer Arthur Allighan Publicist Manuel del Campo Editor Louis D. Lighton Producer 
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