British Air Marshal Hardie is attending a party in Hong Kong when he hears of a dream, told by a pilot, in which Hardie's flight to Tokyo on a small Dakota propeller plane crashes on a Japanese beach. Hardie dismisses the dream as pure fantasy, but while he is flying to Tokyo the next day, circumstances start changing to align with the pilot's vivid vision, and it looks like the dream disaster may become a reality.
Acting
Michael Redgrave's contained panic as authority unravels.
Direction
Leslie Norman wrings suspense from polite conversation and weather reports.
Writing
T.E.B. Clarke's script: every mundane detail becomes ominous.
Director
Leslie Norman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on a real 1947 incident where an RAF officer's detailed dream of a Dakota crash circulated before a near-identical emergency landing.
Ealing's rare foray into supernatural thriller territory—usually they made cozy comedies. This was their 'what if we're NOT in control?' existential panic moment.
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