(SNIFFLES) I hope this will float.

Description: When a commercial airliner develops engine problems on a trans-Pacific flight and the pilot loses his nerve, it is up to the washed-up co-pilot Dan Roman to bring the plane in safely.

Cast:
Dan Roman: John Wayne
May Holst: Claire Trevor
Lydia Rice: Laraine Day
John Sullivan: Robert Stack
Sally McKee: Jan Sterling
Ed Joseph: Phil Harris
Gustave Pardee: Robert Newton
Ken Childs: David Brian
Donald Flaherty: Paul Kelly
Humphrey Agnew: Sidney Blackmer
Lillian Pardee: Julie Bishop
Gonzales: Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez
Howard Rice: John Howard
Lenny Wilby, navigator: Wally Brown
Hobie Wheeler: William Campbell
Clara Joseph: Ann Doran
Jose Locota: John Qualen
Frank Briscoe: Paul Fix
Ben Sneed: George Chandler
Dorothy Chen: Joy Kim
Toby Field: Michael Wellman
Alsop: Douglas Fowley
Tim Garfield: Regis Toomey
Ensign Keim: Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer
Lieutenant Mowbray: Robert Keys
Roy: William Hopper
Dispatcher: William Schallert
Susie Wilby: Julie Mitchum
Miss Spalding: Doe Avedon
Nell Buck: Karen Sharpe
Milo Buck: John Smith
Coast Guard Navigator: Scotty Beckett
Mechanic: John Close
Mrs. Joseph's Doctor: James Conaty
Cargo Clerk: Robert Easton
Mrs. Wilson: Dorothy Ford
San Francisco Ground Crewman: Al Hill
Reporter: William Hudson
Radar Operator: John Indrisano
Boyd, Public Relations: Douglas Kennedy
Scientist: David Leonard
Lighthouse Dispatcher: Al Murphy
Restaurant Cook: William H. O'Brien
Mr. Field: Walter Reed
Mr. Wilson: Philip Van Zandt

Written by: Ernest K. Gann

Director: William A. Wellman

Production: Wayne-Fellows Productions

Release date: 03 Jul 1954