A movie so bad, it’s good! This film has been amusing me all morning. From John Wayne clutching a burning teddy bear to the creepy dialogue including lines from an Asian woman like: you American women are so beautiful, me feel so ugly (paraphrase)

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July 17, 2021 12:16 PM

Another amusing line i thought id never hear, John Wayne exclaiming: I need a big man… interested? Grab me around the waist!

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July 17, 2021 10:24 AM

It was John Smith that did it for me.

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July 17, 2021 10:30 AM

Yeah he’s very good looking. Everyone looks great in this one, makes me nostalgic for the era of glamorous air travel.

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July 17, 2021 10:31 AM

Classic movie music by Tiomkin. Gives you something to hum -- or better yet, whistle -- for days maybe years afterwards.

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July 17, 2021 10:32 AM

Isn't it basically the original Disaster Movie?

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July 17, 2021 10:33 AM

The Dimitri Tiomkin theme became very popular.

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July 17, 2021 10:34 AM

Ryan Murphy should do an American horror story series in homage to this type of disaster movie. It would change things up a bit and could be both comical and gory at the same time.

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July 17, 2021 10:36 AM

R7 indeed, this tune is very catchy!

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July 17, 2021 10:37 AM

This movie is so terrible, but fortunately I at least got some chuckles out of some of the awful acting. Just mentioned the old IMDb forums in another thread but am going to mention them again: I remember saying this was a terrible movie and getting the nastiest comments from John Wayne fans who would not hear a word of it. There's even an old "trivia" item on the IMDb's page for the movie saying this is "widely considered Wayne's best performance," which I think someone posted out of spite.

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July 17, 2021 10:54 AM

I love this movie. Love the theme music. The scene where the blond woman takes off her makeup was shocking to me.

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July 17, 2021 10:55 AM

I love how John Wayne still gets triggered at the start of the movie remembering his previous air crash that killed everybody on board, yet he’s still been cleared to fly this passenger jet from Honolulu to Sam Francisco

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July 17, 2021 10:59 AM

R11 wow she had no eyebrows!

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July 17, 2021 11:03 AM

It’s like “the naked kiss” when her wig comes off

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July 17, 2021 11:04 AM

Robert stack looking sexy in the cockpit

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July 17, 2021 11:15 AM

Also what are the chances of being involved in two big plane disasters. John Wayne was living original embodiment of the “final destination” curse

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July 17, 2021 11:17 AM

Doe Avedon was rather good in her role as the stewardess. I’m somewhat surprised she didn’t have many roles in motion pictures after that. She seemed like the quintessential 50s starlet in the way grace Kelly was

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July 17, 2021 11:39 AM

Good movie. And three years earlier than Zero Hour which later became Airplane/Airport.

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July 17, 2021 12:16 PM