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Weekend Movie: Fate is the hunter (1964)

A commercial jet takes off on a late night flight in light fog. During the takeoff, an engine goes dead, then both engines go and the aircraft becomes a glider. The pilot tries to make it back to the airport, but instead has to opt for the beach, when an unseen pier ruins his plans, resulting in his death and all but one of the crew, a stewardess. Soon, rumors arrive on the scene that say that the pilot had a drinking problem. The press has a field day as they tear into the life of the pilot in an effort to discover the reason for the crash.

Pilot Error? Equipment malfunction? A badly designed aircraft? A negligent airline? The answer is not what you think.

Glenn Ford, Suzanne Pleshette long before she took up the habit of eating cigarettes and Marlon Brandos college roommate Wally Cox star in this interesting and timely movie about culture of pilots. Two things worth note, the content of this movie doesn't resemble the novel of the same name by Ernest K. Gann and try not to judge the aircraft in the film too harshly.

Posted @ January 16, 2009 06:49 PM | Aviation