S4.E17

Flight Into Danger

Name: Flight Into Danger
Genre: Drama
Released: 1956-04-03
Duration: 1 h
Rating: 7.5
Cast: James Doohan, Larry Beattie, Elizabeth Cole

Episode aired Apr 3, 1956
1h

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

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Drama

A small planes pilot must take the controls of a large passenger plane when the pilots fall victim to food poisoning.A small planes pilot must take the controls of a large passenger plane when the pilots fall victim to food poisoning.A small planes pilot must take the controls of a large passenger plane when the pilots fall victim to food poisoning.

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IMDb RATING

7.5/10

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This Canadian Broadcasting Company drama went out live on April 3, 1956, to instant acclaim. A kinescope was re-broadcast in August 1956 due to viewer demand to see it again. Hollywood took notice and the same script was used for an episode of the NBC series The Alcoa Hour (1955) on September 16, 1956. This version was so well received by the viewing audience and critics alike that Paramount released a feature film version in 1957 called Zero Hour! (1957) and later a CBS made-for-TV version called Terror in the Sky (1971), before the story was spoofed in Airplane! (1980). The story was even popular internationally: BBC adapted it for an episode of their series Studio 4 (1962), and a German-language remake was produced in 1964, under the title Flug in Gefahr (1964). In 1981, the drama was adapted for a radio play for Czechoslovak Radio (Ceskoslovenský rozhlas) as part of the radio series Let do nebezpecí (directed by Jirí Horcickra).

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Remade as The Alcoa Hour: Flight Into Danger (1956)

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6/10

The pilots are either dead or unconscious, now what ?

This movie tells the story of a former air force pilot ( of one engine planes ) who has to try to land a large jet once the pilots succumb to food poisoning. There are a lot of trials and tribulations involved for sure. The book was written by Arthur Hailey, later of Airport and Hotel fame. The movie is pretty good for 1956 with some nice special effects and some good acting. Of course the 1979 comedy Airplane was somewhat based on Flight Into Danger. The pilots did get food poisoning and a former single engine pilot from the war ( what war we're not sure ! ) was forced to land the plane with lots of hilarious happenings and consequences.