Wings of Danger

Wings of Danger (1952)

COUNTERFEIT CARGO! ...a fortune in loot...a fabulous woman...a sinister fugitive!

A former pilot suffering from blackouts discovers that a fellow flyer is suspected of being mixed up with a web of smugglers. While searching for his missing buddy, he unwittingly becomes entangled in a morass of suspicion.

Date of release
1952-04-01
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (9)
Runtime
1h 13m
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director
Terence Fisher

Casting

Interesting facts

Wings of Danger is a 1952 British second feature crime film directed by Terence Fisher and starring Zachary Scott, Robert Beatty and Kay Kendall. The screenplay, based on the 1951 story Dead on Course by Trevor Dudley Smith and Packham Webb, concerns a pilot who is suspected of smuggling. Jimmy Sangster was assistant director, Michael Carreras handled casting, and Phil Leakey did makeup. It was first released in the United States in April 1952 under its working title Dead on Course.

Production

The film was made by Hammer Films and shot at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith. Production began in late September 1951 with location shooting in Rye, East Sussex.

The aircraft used in Wings of Danger are:

De Havilland DH.89A Dominie, c/n 6886, G-AGSI

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