Crash Landing (1958 film)
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Crash Landing (aka Rescue at Sea) is a 1958 American dramatic disaster film directed by Fred F. Sears starring Gary Merrill and Nancy Davis.[1][2]
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Directed by | Fred F. Sears |
Written by | Fred Freiberger |
Produced by | Sam Katzman |
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Narrated by | Fred F. Sears (uncredited) |
Cinematography | Benjamin H. Kline, A.S.C. |
Edited by | Jerome Thoms, A.C.E. |
Music by | Mischa Bakaleinikoff (music conducted by) |
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Distributed by | Columbia Pictures Corporation |
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Running time | 76 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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This was the last film in which Nancy Reagan (billed as Nancy Davis) appeared, though she continued to work in television for some years thereafter.[3] It was one of the last films of director Fred Sears who died of a heart attack after filming completed.[4]
Crash Landing was based on Pan Am Flight 6, a real-life ditching at sea.[5][Note 1]