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Cone of Silence Reviews

  • 1960
  • 1 hr 32 mins
  • Drama, Suspense
  • NR
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The hazards of aeronautics background this tale of a jet airline pilot (Bernard Lee) accused of negligence. Dallas: Michael Craig. Charlotte: Elizabeth Seal. Judd: Peter Cushing. Manningham: Andre Morell. Hobbes: George Sanders. Directed by Charles Frend.

A British airliner crashes in India, and its pilot (Lee) is found guilty of a pilot error. His daughter Seal doesn't believe that Lee is guilty and asks Craig, a crack flying examiner, to look into the case. Soon afterwards, Lee is killed in a similar accident. Craig proves that the plane's designer Willman had been deliberately withholding problems with the plane's design until they could be corrected. Seal takes this new information and finally clears her father of any guilt. This average drama has simplistic characterizations and poorly written dialog.