Twelve people are aboard Coast Airline'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.
Chester Morris
as Bill Brooks
Lucille Ball
as Peggy Nolan
Wendy Barrie
as Alice Melbourne
John Carradine
as Mr. Crimp
Allen Jenkins
as Pete
Joseph Calleia
as Vasquez
C. Aubrey Smith
as Henry Spengler
Kent Taylor
as Joe
Patric Knowles
as Judson Ellis
Elisabeth Risdon
as Martha Spengler
Casey Johnson
as Tommy Mulvaney
Dick Hogan
as Larry
