Zeus

Dead On Course (1952)

• Director
  • Terence Fisher
• Writers
  • John Gilling(screenplay)
  • Trevor Dudley Smith(novel "Dead on Course")
  • Packham Webb(novel "Dead on Course")
• Stars
  • Zachary Scott
  • Robert Beatty
  • Naomi Chance

  This early Hammer Studios effort stars Zachary Scott as an airline pilot named Van. When Van's pal Nick Talbot (Robert Beatty) is strong-armed into aiding a gang of smugglers, it's time to take decisive action. Adventure-film veteran John Gilling adapted the screenplay from a novel by Elleston Trevor. Distributed in Great Britain by Exclusive Films, Ltd., Wings of Danger was released in the U.S. by Lippert Pictures. According to some sources, the U.S. version was trimmed by a couple of minutes.