Fate Is the Hunter

1964
PG
1h 46m

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

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Glenn Ford and Suzanne Pleshette in Fate Is the Hunter (1964)

An airline executive refuses to believe that pilot error, by his friend, caused a fatal crash and persists in looking for another reason.

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An airline executive refuses to believe that pilot error, by his friend, caused a fatal crash and persists in looking for another reason.An airline executive refuses to believe that pilot error, by his friend, caused a fatal crash and persists in looking for another reason.An airline executive refuses to believe that pilot error, by his friend, caused a fatal crash and persists in looking for another reason.

Director
- Ralph Nelson
Writers
- Ernest K. Gann
- Harold Medford
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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

YOUR RATING

Director
- Ralph Nelson
Writers
- Ernest K. Gann
- Harold Medford
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 wins & 2 nominations total

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When it's your time, it IS your time.

This is a great movie. I only saw it once, and that was in 1964, when it first came out. I wish it were available in VHS format, but it is not. If only some cable station would air it, I would love to record it! It is a great story of what life is, not what we want it to be. It illustrates the many zany and unusual things that can happen to change our lives forever. It goes to show you, when it's your time to leave this world, not matter WHAT you do, it is your time.

Roscoe-4
Jul 9, 1999
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Trivia
The fictional airliner in this movie is a DC-7, substantially altered to look like a contemporary jet airliner, but not resemble any that actually existed. Because of the theme (and to avoid spoiling an excellent ending), no airline or aircraft manufacturer would have anything to do with the movie, and any resemblance to an actual aircraft would invite litigation. Curiously, there are aspects to the fake wings that are almost 30 years ahead of their time.

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The aircraft used for this movie - cobbled together from a Douglas propeller airliner - would be impossibly tail heavy with tail-mounted engines. The wings are too far forward. If it managed to achieve flight, it would instantly stall and crash.