“COUNTERFEIT CARGO! ...a fortune in loot...a fabulous woman...a sinister fugitive!”
A former pilot suffering from blackouts discovers that a fellow flyer is suspected of being mixed up with a web of smugglers. While searching for his missing buddy, he unwittingly becomes entangled in a morass of suspicion.
Zachary Scott
Richard Van Ness
Robert Beatty
Nick Talbot
Naomi Chance
Avril Talbot
Kay Kendall
Alexia LaRoche
Colin Tapley
Inspector Maxwell
Arthur Lane
Boyd Spencer
Harold Lang
Snell, the blackmailer
Diane Cilento
Jeannette
Ian Fleming
Mr. Talbot (uncredited)
Wings of Danger is a crime, drama, thriller film released in 1952 exploring themes of blackout, pilot, film noir. Directed by Terence Fisher, it stars Zachary Scott, Robert Beatty, Naomi Chance. A former pilot suffering from blackouts discovers that a fellow flyer is suspected of being mixed up with a web of smugglers. While searching for his missing buddy, he unwittingly becomes entangled in a morass of suspicion.
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