

In 1950s Canada, during a commercial flight, the pilots and some passengers suffer food poisoning, thus forcing an ex-WW2 fighter pilot to try to land the airliner in heavy fog.
Acting
Dana Andrews' sweaty, trembling desperation — zero irony.
Direction
Bartlett keeps 90% in one cockpit, somehow never boring.
Director
Hall Bartlett
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Airplane! bought the rights and reused the script almost verbatim, including the 'slap the hysterical person' bit.
Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch was a real NFL Hall of Famer; this was his only significant acting role.