Prigionieri del cielo

Titolo originale: The High and the Mighty
Regia: William A. Wellman |
Anno: 1954
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Azione Avventura Dramma Thriller
Tag: mutiny | airplane | navigator |
Cast: John Wayne | Claire Trevor | Laraine Day | Robert Stack | Jan Sterling | Phil Harris | Robert Newton | David Brian | Paul Kelly | Sidney Blackmer | Julie Bishop | Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez | John Howard | Wally Brown | William Campbell | Ann Doran | John Qualen | Paul Fix | George Chandler | Joy Kim | Michael Wellman | Douglas Fowley | Regis Toomey | Robert Keys | William Hopper | William Schallert | Julie Mitchum | Doe Avedon | Karen Sharpe | John Smith | Robert Easton | Douglas Kennedy | Walter Reed | Carl Switzer | William H. O'Brien |

Su un volo di linea dalle Hawaii alla California, uno dei due motori va in avaria e l’equipaggio, grazie al sangue freddo del copilota Dan Roman (John Wayne), è in costante contatto radio con la terraferma per verificare le ipotesi di salvataggio da attuare. Nel frattempo, i passeggeri a bordo, convinti di prepararsi al peggio, rivalutano le loro vite, facendo mente locale sugli errori del passato e pianificando gli eventuali comportamenti da attuare una volta toccato il suolo.

Errori

At the missile testing site, the word "missile" is misspelled "missle" on the sign. D
When stewardess Spalding was preparing the liquor drinks, a problem with the plane caused a severe v [...] D
The stewardess inflated the little boy's life jacket by blowing into it, in order not to disturb him [...] D
As the plane is about to ditch in the ocean, the stewardess instructs the passengers to inflate thei [...] D
The navigator says he confused knots and miles. Knots are a measure of speed (one nautical mile per [...] D
Hawaii was a U.S. territory at the time, so no one would have to go through immigration for a flight [...] D
The flight engineer and the stewardess never put on life jackets even though everyone else on the pl [...] D
On the departure runway, Johm Wayne transmits "420 ready for take-off" and the plane immediately sta [...] D
Near the end of the film, Air Traffic Control clears the aircraft to land on "runway 39" This is imp [...] D
The #1 engine, having been damaged, is hanging down and is thus creating drag on the left side of th [...] D
On departure from Honolulu the DC-4 has unpainted propeller blades, but on arrival at San Franciso, [...] D
The sound of the yellow flying bomb is wrong. It is audibly a jet engine, but the flying bomb is act [...] D
When Dan Roman stumbles from the burning wreckage of an airliner in a flashback sequence, he sees an [...] D
In the flashback story her husband tells, Clara Joseph falls down some stairs and kicks a waiter's t [...] D
At approx. time index 1:32, of Mr. Briscoe is helped into a life jacket by the stewardess. Later, at [...] D
When the luggage is being thrown out the door, the First Officer is shown pushing the door open to c [...] D
During the flight, when the problems appear, the pilot opens the airplane door so to let the heavy l [...] D