Fate Is the Hunter
An airline executive refuses to believe that pilot error, by his friend, caused a fatal crash and persists in looking for another reason.
Director(s)
Ralph Nelson
Cast & Crew
Facts
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The film is directly adapted from Ernest K. Gann's bestselling 1961 aviation memoir of the same name.
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Actress Dorothy Malone appears in an uncredited role as Lisa Bond within the film's cast list.
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When an airline tragedy kills fifty-seven people, it falls to investigator "McBane" (Glenn Ford) to get to the bottom of things. He has precious little to go on save for a report from the pilot claiming an engine fire before silence then the plane hit the ground. One of the survivors, the stewardess "Sally" (Nancy Kwan) has slightly conflicting information about the crash so "McBane" assembles the wreckage and he can't make either story work - something's not right! The absence of any clear technical fault suggests to all the it's his wartime friend "Savage" (Rod Taylor) who was at fault - but he's not buying that. In an effort to clear the man and get to the truth, he puts his own reputation on the line and makes quite a few unsavoury discoveries along the way before he concludes another flight might be the only solution. Ford is quite good here - there's a decent one-two at the inquiry with Bert Freed's opposing counsel "Dillon" but for a movie about planes, we have remarkably little action going on. A bit of simulation now and again, but otherwise this is a rather dry story that unfolds in a pretty pedestrian fashion, with loads of chat and not so much substance to the plot. The pretty wooden Taylor doesn't really feature very often and by the conclusion, we were on a flightpath of inevitability that really underwhelmed.
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Fate Is the Hunter FAQs
Ralph Nelson is the director of Fate Is the Hunter.
The cast of Fate Is the Hunter includes Jane Russell as Self, Suzanne Pleshette as Martha Webster, John Lawrence as Priest (uncredited), Michael Jeffers as Inspector (uncredited), Harry Wilson as Inquiry Board Spectator (uncredited), George DeNormand as Board Member (uncredited), Bert Stevens as Airline Passenger (uncredited), Paul Cristo as Party Guest (uncredited), Sayre Dearing as Inquiry Board Spectator (uncredited), George Ford as Loadmaster (uncredited), Clark Ross as Airline Passenger (uncredited), Glenn Ford as Sam McBane, and more.
The duration of Fate Is the Hunter is 1h 46 mins.
Yes. You can watch the Fate Is the Hunter trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
Fate Is the Hunter was released on 16 Oct 1964.
Fate Is the Hunter is listed under Drama on Fanbiz.
Fate Is the Hunter has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 6.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "When an airline tragedy kills fifty-seven people, it falls to investigator "McBane" (Glenn Ford) to get to the bottom of things. He has precious little to go on save for a repor..."
1. The film is directly adapted from Ernest K. Gann's bestselling 1961 aviation memoir of the same name. 2. Actress Dorothy Malone appears in an uncredited role as Lisa Bond within the film's cast list.
