EssenceStory Well Deserved Praise

Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Motompa Go in cold, and you're likely to emerge with your blood boiling. This has to be seen to be believed.

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Artie Breyfogle A bit slow and preachy, but an interesting tale well worth watching...Actually a more than decent script considering it was shot back in 1961...Second act drags but when they get into the third you sit up and take notice...Don't want to tell all the tale...You'll enjoy watching this yourself...So much junk was produced in this era, it is nice to see something of this quality was shot and produced by Hollywood...The only strange thing is the lost of several international flights lately and how some actually refer to this movie about that situation...All I know is that if I owned the rights to this flick I would mount a minor ad campaign to tie-in with those recent events and sell more copies of "The Flight That Disappeared"...Buckle up and enjoy the ride!

nightwing60 This movie is more of Twilight Zone or Outer Limits Episode than a Full Length. But Overall its a Good/Decent Movie for a movie on a Low Budget 60's Movie. What gets me is other reviews who the movie is Extreme when it comes to Morals. Really? I would hope if a weapon that is easily assessable that could destroy the whole world. That maybe, Just Maybe Morals and Ethics would be talked about. Otherwise the nihilist should just resurrect Hitler and get It over with. Sci-Fi has always been used to talk about situation humanity might find themselves in and how they should handle those situations. That is why Twilight Zone, Outer Limits and Star Trek are great shows and why The Day the Earth Stood Still and Jurassic Park are great movie. Was this kind of plot used all the time in the 50 and 60. Yeah but it was also because we just drop to Nuclear Bombs in Japan. And if anyone Notice. But that was damn horrible. Maybe the reason they used these kind of plot. Was Because they were honestly worried about the future. Anyways don't listen to the Naysayers. For a Low Budget Movie is one of the better movies with the "Will Humanity Survive" of plots

the_bernie It is 1960. One of the last prop-driven plane flights containing two scientists and a cutie mathematician seems to be off schedule, for that matter off altitude and possibly out of time. What mysteries can this foretell and are we on for a heavy-handed warning? Can't say much about this film as it is a short subjects similar to the twilight zone programs. However a side added plus is being able to see the old prop-driven planes and 60s clothing. If you expect to see scanty closed space girls that I'm afraid you'll be disappointed.Much of the time is given to introducing characters as you would normally have in a mystery such as "Ten Little Indians." During one of the conversations a passenger that seems to be a little unhinged expresses an attitude that parallels Randy Newman's song "political science." You may want to listen to a copy and see if he is not correct.This film is worth watching and wondering if the heavy-handed warning still applies today.

MartinHafer This is a very, very low-budget film about the nuclear age. However, despite having no actors you'll recognize and a cheesy set near the end of the movie, I really liked it and think it's a nice relic about the Cold War and the move to build bigger and badder nuclear bombs. And, regardless of your politics, this was a scary time and a film that questioned all this sure was timely."The Flight That Disappeared" plays somewhat like a "Twilight Zone" episode--and there was, around that same time, a show that did seem a bit like the movie. However, instead of an airplane full of folks being stuck in a plane that keeps passing back and forth in time (something that NEVER was explained and was a shortcoming of the episode), this one involves a plane that keeps gaining altitude--and there's nothing the crew can do to stop it! Eventually, the plane is assumed lost--and after all the crew and passengers fall asleep due, seemingly to a lack of oxygen, there is a meeting with three of the passengers and an odd galactic tribunal. Later, however, it seems that they can't prove this really happened...and then, at the end, the twist. I could say more about all this, but I don't want to spoil it.Despite the budget, the acting was nice, as was the direction. It's really a nice example of a film that does the most with its limited resources. The only negative at all it the female mathematician. She seems to have been included mostly for her sex appeal--especially since her connection to the two scientists was never really established. Still, an interesting film---and one that seems a heck of a lot better than its 4.0 score currently on IMDb.