Overview

James Stewart plays aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey, the quintessential absent-minded professor: eccentric, forgetful, but brilliant. His studies show that the aircraft being manufactured by his employer has a subtle but deadly design flaw that manifests itself only after the aircraft has flown a certain number of hours. En route to a crash site to prove his theory, Honey discovers that he is aboard a plane rapidly approaching his predicted deadline.

Cast

James Stewart

Theodore Honey

Glynis Johns

Marjorie Corder

Marlene Dietrich

Monica Teasdale

Janette Scott

Elspeth Honey

Jack Hawkins

Dennis Scott

Elizabeth Allan

Shirley Scott

Ronald Squire

Sir John, Director

Wilfrid Hyde-White

Fisher, Inspector of Accidents (uncredited)

Bessie Love

Plane Passenger (uncredited)

N/A

Jill Clifford

Peggy, Stewardess

Felix Aylmer

N/A

Douglas Bradley-Smith