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Broken Journey

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A plane flying over the Swiss Alps develops engine trouble and is forced to crash-land on a glacier. Unable to radio for help because of damaged batteries and with limited food supplies, the survivors must come to a decision -- whether to stay and wait for help they believe is coming or to leave the shelter of the wrecked plane and set out in bad weather to try to reach civilization.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1948-04-14

Runtime: 89 mins

Director: Ken Annakin, Michael C. Chorlton

Spoken language: English

Genres: Drama

Original title: Broken Journey

Production Companies: Gainsborough Pictures

Production Countries: United Kingdom

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Geronimo1967
A group of folks are on a plane that crash lands high in the Swiss Alps. Their radio is flat so they have to decide whether to stick it out in the (relative) safety of their aircraft or set off to find help. It's got quite a good British cast - a starring performance from Francis L. Sullivan with Guy Rolfe & Phyllis Calvert et al but the characters are all pretty unattractive and by the end I really didn't much care if they survived or not... It is also quite dialogue heavy with precious little actual action once the plane has skidded to it's lofty stop.
2022-07-09

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