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Broken Journey (Original title)Rescue (Alternative title)
Date: 1948 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Ken Annakin

Synopsis: Drama based on a Dakota crash in the Alps in 1946. There are 13 people in the plane which crashes and each one has a story to unfold.

Genre:
Drama

Subjects:
Alps, Air accidents, Douglas DC3
Releases
Date: 1948Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 89 mins Length: 8027 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (19)
Production Company: Gainsborough Pictures, Associate Producer: Roy Rich, Continuity: Shirley Finn, Screenplay: Robert Westerby, Director of Photography: Jack Cox, [2nd Unit Photography]: Skeets Kelly, Camera Operator: David Harcourt, Special Effects: P. Guidobaldi, Editor: Esmond Seal, Supervising Editor: Alfred Roome, Art Director: Richard Yarrow, Dress Designer: Julie Harris, Make-up: W.T. Partleton, Music: John Greenwood, Sound Recording: Les Hammond, Sound Recording: W.S. Salter, Sound: B.C. Sewell, Stunts: Jock Easton
Cast (19)
Phyllis Calvert (Mary Johnstone), James Donald (Bill Haverton), Margot Grahame (Joanna Dane), Francis L. Sullivan (Perami), Grey Blake (John Barber), Derek Bond (Richard Faber), Raymond Huntley (Edward Marshall), Guy Rolfe (Fox), Sonia Holm (Anne Stevens), Andrew Crawford (Kid Cormack), Gerard Heinz (Joseph Romer), Sybilla Binder (Lilli Romer), Amy Frank (Frau Romer), Michael Allan (Liet. Albert), Stuart Lindsell (Mr Barber), Mary Hinton (Mrs Barber), Jan Van Loewen (Opera House Director), Arthur Coulet (First Guide), Leo Bieber (Second Guide)