Jet Storm

1h 30m 1961

Brief Synopsis

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Richard Attenborough plays Ernest Tilley, a man who lost his daughter in a hit-and-run accident. He tracks down the man responsible for the accident and boards the same plane, threatening to blow up himself and everyone on board as an act of vengeance. What follows is an Airport-type movie with all the passengers having their own little subplots and fears.

Cast & Crew

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C. Raker Endfield

Director

Richard Attenborough

Ernest Tilley

Stanley Baker

Captain Bardow

Hermione Baddeley

Mrs. Satterly

Bernard Braden

Otis Randolf

Diane Cilento

Angelica Como

Film Details

Also Known As
Jetstream, Killing Urge
Genre
Disaster
Drama
Thriller
Release Date
Jan 1961
Premiere Information
Los Angeles opening: 20 Sep 1961
Production Company
Pendennis Pictures
Distribution Company
United Producers Releasing Organization
Country
United Kingdom

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 30m
Color
Black and White

Synopsis

Ernest Tilley, a passenger on a jet bound for New York from London, is a formerly brilliant scientist who has been mentally disturbed ever since his only daughter was killed by a hit-and-run driver. Shortly after departure, Tilley rises from his seat and accuses fellow passenger James Brock of being responsible for the accident; in an emotional outburst, he accuses the entire human race of sharing the blame, then announces he has hidden a bomb aboard the jet. The passengers panic, and Mulliner, an industrialist, plots to kill Brock in hopes of appeasing the madman. Brock, however, shatters a window in desperation and is sucked out when the decompression causes an explosion. The demented Tilley, still in need of revenge, at first refuses to reveal the bomb's hiding place but finally relents and permits its dismantling after being momentarily touched by the only child aboard. With calm restored, the jet continues toward its destination.

Director

C. Raker Endfield

Director

Cast

Richard Attenborough

Ernest Tilley

Stanley Baker

Captain Bardow

Hermione Baddeley

Mrs. Satterly

Bernard Braden

Otis Randolf

Diane Cilento

Angelica Como

Barbara Kelly

Edwina Randolf

David Kossoff

Dr. Bergstein

Virginia Maskell

Pam Leyton

Harry Secombe

Binky Meadows

Elizabeth Sellars

Inez Barrington

Sybil Thorndike

Emma Morgan

Mai Zetterling

Carol Tilley

Marty Wilde

Billy Forrester

Patrick Allen

Mulliner

Paul Carpenter

George Towers

Megs Jenkins

Rose Brock

Jackie Lane

Clara Forrester

Cec Linder

Colonel Coe

Neil Mccallum

"Gil" Gilbert

Lana Morris

Jane Tracer

George Rose

James Brock

Peter Bayliss

Bentley

John Crewdson

Whitman

Paul Eddington

Victor Tracer

Glyn Houston

Michaels

Peter Illing

Gelderen

Jeremy Judge

Jeremy Tracer

George Murcell

Saunders

Alun Owen

Green

Irene Prador

Sophia Gelderen

Crew

Buster Ambler

Sound Recording

Pam Carlton

Cont

Patrick Clayton

Assistant Director

Cecil Cooney

Camera Operator

John, (capt.) Crewdson

Technical Advisor

Barry Delmaine

Production Manager

Jimmy Dooley

Sound Camera

Peter Dukelow

Sound boom

C. Raker Endfield

Screenwriter

Cy Endfield

Company

Harry Frampton

Makeup

Oswald Hafenrichter

Film Editor

Ben Healey

Scenic artist

Ray Hearne

Stills

Douglas Hermes

Assistant Director

Jack Hildyard

Director of Photography

Ilona Kabos

Music adv

Dennis Lewiston

Focus

Scott Macgregor

Art Director

Sigmund Miller

Story

Sigmund Miller

Screenwriter

Kit Owens

Film Editor

Steven Pallos

Producer

Steven Pallos

Company

Don Picton

Assistant art Director

Thomas Rajna

Music comp & Conductor

Betty Sherriff

Hairdresser

James Shields

Sound Editing

Michael Stevenson

1st, 2d & 3d Assistant Director

May Walding

Wardrobe Supervisor

Marty Wilde

Composer

Film Details

Also Known As
Jetstream, Killing Urge
Genre
Disaster
Drama
Thriller
Release Date
Jan 1961
Premiere Information
Los Angeles opening: 20 Sep 1961
Production Company
Pendennis Pictures
Distribution Company
United Producers Releasing Organization
Country
United Kingdom

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 30m
Color
Black and White

Quotes

Trivia

Notes

Opened in London in September 1959; running time: 99 min. Working title: Jetstream. Rereleased as Killing Urge.

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States Winter January 1, 1959

Released in United States Winter January 1, 1959

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