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6.4/10 • 28

1952-02-011h 45m

Drama

Five great stars in a masterpiece of bold and intimate emotions !

Four strangers board a plane and become fast friends, but a catastrophic crash leaves only one survivor. He then sets off on a journey to discover who these people were, but ultimately discovers the devastating truth about himself.

Directors
Jean Negulesco
Editors
Hugh S. Fowler

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  1. Shelley Winters

    Shelley Winters

    Binky Gay

  2. Gary Merrill

    Gary Merrill

    David Trask

  3. Michael Rennie

    Michael Rennie

    Dr. Robert Fortness

  4. Bette Davis

    Bette Davis

    Marie Hoke

  5. Keenan Wynn

    Keenan Wynn

    Eddie Hoke

  6. Evelyn Varden

    Evelyn Varden

    Sallie Carr

  7. Warren Stevens

    Warren Stevens

    Marty Nelson

  8. Beatrice Straight

    Beatrice Straight

    Claire Fortness

  9. Ted Donaldson

    Ted Donaldson

    Jerry Fortness

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CinemaSerf

Sep 9, 2022

6/10

Gary Merrill is "David Trask", a lawyer on a flight from Chicago that is delayed en route by bad weather. Whilst travelling he befriends three of his companions and they share really quite personal stories to help pass the time. When their flight resumes, it crashes and all but three perish."Trask" sets out to track down the families of his three friends and finds each with a story to tell. The first features Michael Rennie as a doctor with a guilty secret who has turned to drink and compromised his relationship with his family. The second involves aspiring actress Shelley Winters who is returning to her husband and his rather over-bearing mother and the third a bed-ridden Bette Davis. Each visit helps to alleviate their suffering and the performances are strong with eventually Merrill realising a few things about his own situation that makes him think again. The stories, themselves, are just a little too melodramatic however, and I found Franz Waxman's score a bit intrusive as it sometimes does just a bit too much of Merrill's acting for him. Well worth a watch, though - particularly for an on-form Winters.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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Keywords
dysfunctional marriageplane crash