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Disaster

SKY-HIGH Excitement!

NR 1948 · 60 min · ★ 6.0 · Drama

A construction worker wanted by the authorities is vindicated by virtue of his heroism when an airplane crashes into a skyscraper.

Directed by William H. Pine · Written by Thomas Ahearn

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