Cone of Silence

“Jet crash mystery solved !!! Where does the blame belong ? Is it the plane ? Is is the pilot ? Is it a plot ?”

6.8(12)19601h 28m

DramaThriller

A seasoned pilot is condemned for an error which causes a crash. The pilot later dies in a crash with similar circumstances and an examiner looks for scientific reasons for the crashes.

Director

Charles Frend

Cast

Michael Craig

Capt. Hugh Dallas

Peter Cushing

Capt. Clive Judd

Bernard Lee

Capt. George Gort

Elizabeth Seal

Charlotte Gort

George Sanders

Sir Arnold Hobbes

André Morell

Capt. Edward Manningham

Gordon Jackson

Capt. Jock Bateson

Charles Tingwell

Capt. Braddock

Noel Willman

Nigel Pickering

Delphi Lawrence

Joyce Mitchell

Marne Maitland

Mr. Robinson

William Abney

First Officer

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1 review

Geronimo1967

1y ago

7.0

Just as jet engine-powered aircraft were starting to take to the skies, veteran "Capt. Gort" (Bernard Lee) is involved in a near miss trying to take off in his new, state-of-the-art "Phoenix" aircraft. At the subsequent inquiry, he faces thinly veiled criticism from "Sir Arnold" (George Sanders) but is nonetheless cleared to keep flying by his senior colleague "Dallas" (Michael Craig). This earns ...