Twelve people are aboard Coast Air Line's flagship the Silver Queen enroute to South America when the airplane encounters a storm and is blown off course. Crashing into jungles known to be inhabited by head hunters, pilots Bill and Joe race against time to fix the engines and attempt a take off. The situation brings out the best and worst in the stranded dozen as they create a makeshift runway and prepare to escape before the natives attack. But damage to the plane and low fuel reserves means that only 5 people can be carried to safety.
Lucille Ball | Peggy Nolan |
Chester Morris | Bill Brooks |
Wendy Barrie | Alice Melbourne |
John Carradine | Mr. Crimp |
Allen Jenkins | Peter 'Pete' |
Joseph Calleia | Vasquez |
C. Aubrey Smith | Professor Henry Spengler |
Kent Taylor | Joe, the Co-Pilot |
Patric Knowles | Judson Ellis |
Elisabeth Risdon | Martha Spengler |
Casey Johnson | Tommy Mulvaney |
Pedro de Cordoba | Latin Ambassador |