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About
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.
Theatrical
Sep 21, 1951
Cast
Full credits →J
James Stewart
Theodore Honey
G
Glynis Johns
Marjorie Corder
M
Marlene Dietrich
Monica Teasdale
J
Janette Scott
Elspeth Honey
J
Jack Hawkins
Dennis Scott
E
Elizabeth Allan
Shirley Scott
R
Ronald Squire
Sir John, Director
W
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Fisher, Inspector of Accidents (uncredited)
B
Bessie Love
Plane Passenger (uncredited)
J
Jill Clifford
Peggy, Stewardess
F
Felix Aylmer
D
Douglas Bradley-Smith
B
Basil Appleby
D
Dora Bryan
H
Hilda Campbell-Russell
Plane Passenger
H
Hugh Cross
M
Maurice Denham
R
Robert Dickens
M
Mabel Etherington
M
Maxwell Foster
