Twelve people are aboard Coast Airline's flagship the Silver Queen enroute to South America when the airplane encounters a storm and is blown off course. Crashing into jungles known to be inhabited by head hunters, pilots Bill and Joe race against time to fix the engines and attempt a take off. The situation brings out the best and worst in the stranded dozen as they create a makeshift runway and prepare to escape before the natives attack. But damage to the plane and low fuel reserves means that only 5 people can be carried to safety.

• DirectorJohn Farrow
• Release23 June 1939
• Genre
  Adventure / Drama
• Duration1h 15m
• Budget$225,000
• Revenue?
• Rate
  

  6.2
  38 reviews
• Productions

  RKO Radio Pictures