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Democrat, would receive the 'ego bruising' from Wellman a registered Republican. This led Tracy to excuse himself from the film. Without Tracy, Jack Warner threatened to remove the
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Spalding attends to her passengers, each with varying personal problems, including jaded former actress May Holst, unhappily married heiress Lydia Rice, aging beauty queen Sally McKee, and cheerful vacationer Ed Joseph. Spalding befriends the terminally ill Frank
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to Wayne-Fellows Productions. Wayne purchased the story on the spot, agreeing to give Gann $ 55,000 for the story and the screenplay plus 10 percent of the film's earnings. Wayne also agreed to give Wellman 30 percent of the earnings to be the film's director, based on the condition that
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left, except during takeoff and landing. Similarly, the U.S. Coast Guard rescue plane was shown flying from San Francisco to towards the stricken airliner, film frame left to film frame right.
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in March/April 1985. One crucial element in the film's resurrection was the extensive restoration required after decades of languishing in the Wayne film vault, where the film suffered major
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2422:. London: Bison Books.
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1712:"10. Airwork Atlantic"
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1424:John Wayne filmography
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1682:Wellman 2006, p. xvi.
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296:Laraine Day
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216:147 minutes
192:, premiere)
190:Los Angeles
102:Laraine Day
78:Produced by
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2726:Woman Trap
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2147:2011-08-20
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429:John Wayne
328:title song
285:John Wayne
245:Box office
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184:1954-05-27
147:Production
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86:John Wayne
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1480:Citations
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