Disaster movie about a Navy jet and a commercial airliner heading for a mid air collision.Disaster movie about a Navy jet and a commercial airliner heading for a mid air collision.Disaster movie about a Navy jet and a commercial airliner heading for a mid air collision.
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- TriviaA National Airlines DC-6 was repainted with fictional "Trans States" titles and insignia for a majority of the ground and aerial scenes, with the exception of a few scenes where models were used instead of the real aircraft.
- GoofsThe airliner is supposed to be a DC-7, but when it crash-lands, the #1 engine has a 3-bladed prop. The DC-7 had 4-bladed props. Therefore, the airliner has to be a DC-6.
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Cheryl Heath: I just love banana splits. Is it all the wonderful mixed-up flavors, or is it something Freudian?
- ConnectionsReferenced in Feud: Pilot (2017)
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Enjoyable hokum...
A commercial DC-6 with 62 passengers, flying too high due to the inexplicable actions of arrogant pilot Dana Andrews, is soon in the pathway of a two-pilot Navy jet that has lost all radio communications. The wooden performances and variable special effects of "The Crowded Sky" simply add to its kitsch factor; some audiences can't help laughing at it, but nevertheless enjoying themselves at the same time. The pilots and nearly all the passengers have a great deal on their minds, and the running theme of the close-up followed by the ominous voice-over followed by the flashback lapses into amusing self-parody. Handsome Warner Bros. production, with tidy airplane interiors and all the men wearing skinny black ties, provides instant nostalgia, while the overripe dialogue is frequently laugh-out-loud funny. **1/2 from ****
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- moonspinner55
- Oct 17, 2010
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- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
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- 1.66 : 1
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