Flight from Ashiya
Featuring an all-star cast and on-location shooting in Japan, where the story is set, three US Air Force rescue pilots must overcome their personal problems and differences to embark upon a dangerous mission to save raft-bound Japanese survivors from a murderous storm-tossed sea. As they head for their location, the film flashes back to chronicle the pasts of each pilot to make clear their mixed feelings about their upcoming assignment.
Top Billed Cast
Yul Brynner
TSgt. Mike Takashima
Richard Widmark
L:t. Col. Glenn Stevenson
George Chakiris
2nd Lt. John Gregg
Suzy Parker
Lucille Caroll
Shirley Knight
Caroline Gordon / Stevenson
Featured Crew
Waldo Salt
Writer
Michael Anderson
Director
Harold Hecht
Producer
Elliott Arnold
Novel
Elliott Arnold
Writer
Eugène Lourié
Production Design
Burnett Guffey
Director of Photography
Frank Cordell
Original Music Composer
Masaichi Nagata
Executive Producer
Joseph MacDonald
Director of Photography
Gordon Pilkington
Editor
Tomoo Shimogawara
Art Direction
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