James Stewart plays aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey, the quintessential absent-minded professor: eccentric, forgetful, but brilliant. His studies show that the aircraft being manufactured by his employer has a subtle but deadly design flaw that manifests itself only after the aircraft has flown a certain number of hours. En route to a crash site to prove his theory, Honey discovers that he is aboard a plane rapidly approaching his predicted deadline.
| Directing | Henry Koster | Director |
| Writing | Alec Coppel | Writer |
| Writing | Oscar Millard | Writer |
| Writing | Nevil Shute | Novel |
| Writing | R.C. Sherriff | Writer |
| Camera | Arthur Evans | Still Photographer |
| Production | Arthur Allighan | Publicist |
| Production | Louis D. Lighton | Producer |
| Editing | Manuel del Campo | Editor |
| Camera | Georges Périnal | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Malcolm Arnold | Original Music Composer |
| Art | C.P. Norman | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christian Dior | Costume Design |
| Sound | Buster Ambler | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Margaret Furse | Wardrobe Supervisor |
