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| name = The Flight that Disappeared
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| director = [[Reginald Le Borg]]
| producer = [[Edward Small]] (executive)<br>[[Robert E. Kent]]
| writer = {{plainlist|
* Ralph Hart<br>
* Judith Hart<br>
* Owen Harris
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* [[Craig Hill (actor)|Craig Hill]]<br>
* Paula Raymond
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| distributor = [[United Artists]]
| studio = Harvard Film Corp
| released = September{{film date|1961|9}}
| runtime = 72 minsminutes
| country = USAUS
| language = English
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'''''The Flight that Disappeared''''' is a 1961 science fiction film directed by [[Reginald Le Borg]].<ref>[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/17119/Flight-That-Disappeared/ ''The Flight that Disappeared''] at [[TCMDB]]</ref> [[Craig Hill (actor)|Craig Hill]] stars as a rocket scientist who, when his flight disappears, finds himself on trial in the future for his part in designing a bomb that has destroyed all life on Earth.
==Plot==
Flight 60 leaves on a trip to Washington, DC. Three scientists on board have been called tofor DC fora classified meeting concerning a new bomb design and rocket to deliver it. Mid-flight the plane mysteriously begins to climb, to over 10 miles high,. theThe engines stop, and passengers pass out due to lack of oxygen. The three scientists find themselves in a limbo state, watches stopped and no heartbeats. They are taken from the plane for judgement from those of the future. They find themselves in a moment between time, which explains the stopped watches and lack of heart beats. They are shown, in brief, a future where their bomb has been used and destroyed all life on the planet, having destroyed the atmosphere. They are judged guilty and sentenced to live in the moment with no time for the rest of eternity, where the future and past meet. After one of the future men objects that they can not be judged by a future society, they are returned to the present on a technicality. The passengers have no memory of any of the actions on board before passing out, with the exception of the rocket engineer. When the plane lands at Washington, they discover they are 24 hours late, thus proving the fantastic story of the trial and judgement. The nuclear bomb designer disposes of his notebook containing the formulas and designs for the bomb.
The three scientists find themselves in a limbo state, watches stopped and no heartbeats, then taken from the plane for judgement from those of the future. They find themselves in a moment between time explaining the stopped watches and lack of heart beats.
==Reception==
They are shown, in brief, a future where their bomb has been used and destroyed all life on the planet, having destroyed the atmosphere.
''[[TV Guide]]'' rated it 2/4 stars and wrote that it becomes "more relevant with time".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-flight-that-disappeared/review/114944/|title=The Flight That Disappeared|author=<!-- Staff -->|work=[[TV Guide]]|accessdate=2015-09-10}}</ref>
They are judged guilty and sentenced to live in the moment with no time for the rest of eternity. Where the future and past meet.
Returned to the present on a technicality, the passengers have no memory of any of the actions on board before passing out, with the exception of the rocket engineer.
When the plane lands at Washington, they discover they are 24 hours late, thus proving the fantastic story of the trial and judgement.
The nuclear bomb designer decides to dispose of his notebook containing the formulas and designs for the B Type Bomb.
==See also==
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0054881}}
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054881/ ''The Flight that Disappeared''] at [[IMDB]]
{{Edward Small}}
{{Reginald Le Borg}}
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