Review by Pia Webley
Stars Michael Redgrave, Sheila Sim, Alexander Knox | Written by Victor Goddard & RC Sherriff
UK certification PG | UK RRP £15.99 | DVD Region 2 | Runtime 92 minutes | Directed by Leslie Norman
No, not a winning lottery ticket, this engaging film is one that anyone with a phobia of flying will empathise with. When a pilot reveals details of his dream to his passengers, the content makes them feel slightly worried.
Particularly as it involves them crashing to their death. It’s not until they take off and the very same details seem to be unfolding in real life, they start to believe that they are destined to die.
An extraordinary level of suspense and tension is maintained with the travellers at first scoffing at superstition, but as the circumstances alter in line with the dream it is interesting to watch them become more and more nervous. You begin to wonder yourself, whether it is fate for the plane to crash.
With all the modern insecurities surrounding aircraft safety and all those that are still phobic of travelling to this day it is telling that even after such technological advances, our piece of mind hasn’t actually come that far, and that sometimes the mind is one’s worst enemy, rather than an exploding engine.
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