The Night My Number Came Up

1954, Movie, NR, 94 mins

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An odd drama in the DEAD OF NIGHT tradition, this is exciting and well shot by Norman (making his feature debut), with good performances by all. Redgrave, an air marshal in the Far East, has had a nightmare about crashing in a Dakota plane in an isolated spot off the Japanese coast. He is due to fly to Tokyo with his aide, Elliott, in a Liberator plane, so the uneasiness caused by his dream (which has eight people on the airship) is allayed. Then, due to a series of circumstances beyond his control, Redgrave and Elliott are diverted from the Liberator and placed aboard a Dakota with the same people he's dreamed about, including Knox and Sim. Little by little, all the worst parts of the dream come to pass. The plane is trapped in a storm and is tossed around the sky, the oxygen becomes thin, etc., and the only part of the dream that does not come true is the ultimate crash. Instead, the plane makes a forced landing and the group is saved. A frightening movie for anyone who has ever boarded a plane and wondered if this was the one which would go down in flames. Don't see it before you have to fly. leave a comment
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