When airline pilot Nick Talbot disappears after a plane crash and is presumed dead, his friend Van decides to investigate. He finds Nick very much alive and heavily involved with a gang of smugglers…
Production Details
A Hammer production released by Exclusive Films (UK) and Lippert Films (USA)
Adapted from the novel “Dead on Course” by Elleston Trevor and Packham Webb
Copyright MCMLII by Exclusive Films Ltd.
All characters in this photoplay are fictitious and bear no resemblance to any real person, living or dead
RCA Sound System
London Philarmonic Orchestra
Black & White 73 minutes
Filming dates: 3rd September – 12th October 1951
UK Release: 26th May 1952
Filming:
Riverside Studios, Hammersmith , London – Studio
Croydon Airport, Purley Way, Surrey – Van watches Nick arrive in a car with some girls
Guernsey, Channel Islands – Aerial shots, Greffe Office, roads of Castel Parish
Martello Tower, Rye Harbour, Sussex – The tower at the climax
Stills from film
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Cast & Crew
Cast – Complete, awaiting verification
Original Poster
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Footnotes
Zachary Scott was the American brought over for this one. A star of many Westerns, he had also played the title role in The Mask of Dimitrios (1944). In Wings of Danger his character suffered from headaches and blackouts. Ironically, he died from a brain tumour in 1965.
Diane Cilento, introduced in this film, went on to marry Sean Connery and is the mother of his actor son, Jason.
Kay Kendall died at the age of 33 from myeloid leukemia.