A cargo aircraft crashes in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for a replacement aircraft they need to build before their food and water run out.
Acting
Stewart's simmering frustration is peak '60s leading man energy.
Practical Effects
They actually built that ridiculous plane. No CGI, just hubris.
Direction
Aldrich makes 142 minutes of sand feel claustrophobic, not boring.
Director
Robert Aldrich
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