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.
Production | Harold Hecht | Producer |
Writing | Elliott Arnold | Novel |
Writing | Elliott Arnold | Writer |
Writing | Waldo Salt | Writer |
Directing | Michael Anderson | Director |
Production | Masaichi Nagata | Executive Producer |
Sound | Frank Cordell | Original Music Composer |
Camera | Burnett Guffey | Director of Photography |
Camera | Joseph MacDonald | Director of Photography |
Editing | Gordon Pilkington | Editor |
Art | Eugène Lourié | Production Design |
Art | Tomoo Shimogawara | Art Direction |
Costume & Make-Up | Eric Allwright | Makeup Artist |
Costume & Make-Up | Robert J. Schiffer | Makeup Artist |
Costume & Make-Up | Daniel C. Striepeke | Makeup Artist |
Production | Gilbert Kurland | Production Manager |