A cargo aircraft crashes in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for a replacement aircraft they need to build before their food and water run out.
James Stewart
as Capt. Frank Towns
Richard Attenborough
as Lew Moran
Peter Finch
as Capt. Harris
Hardy Krüger
as Heinrich Dorfmann
Ernest Borgnine
as Trucker Cobb
Ian Bannen
as Crow
Ronald Fraser
as Sergeant Watson
Christian Marquand
as Dr. Renaud
Dan Duryea
as Standish
George Kennedy
as Bellamy
Gabriele Tinti
as Gabriel
Alex Montoya
as Carlos
