

When Navy pilot Dale Heath takes off, he doesn't expect his navigational equipment to fail and must adapt when it goes out along with his radio. Heading straight for a commercial jet piloted by Dick Barnett, whose plane is full of passengers, Heath can't tell which way to turn in order to avoid a catastrophe.
Practical Effects
Miniature planes on wires that somehow still thrill.
Costume
Rhonda Fleming's 'Charro' wardrobe: cheating never looked so Technicolor.
Production
Split-screen anxiety before it was a cliché.

Director
Joseph Pevney
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The novel's author Hank Searls later wrote the Jaws sequel novelization, proving he had a thing for transport-based terror.
This was Joseph Pevney's passion project after directing Shatner-era Star Trek episodes — note the same sweaty close-up technique.
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