Zero Hour!

Zero Hour!

SUSPENSE LIKE YOU'VE NEVER FELT BEFORE!

1957 · 81 min · ★ 6.6 · Drama, Thriller

In 1950s Canada, during a commercial flight, the pilots and some passengers suffer food poisoning, thus forcing an ex-WW2 fighter pilot to try to land the airliner in heavy fog.

Directed by Hall Bartlett · Written by John C. Champion

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