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
Lucille Ball
Wendy Barrie
John Carradine
Allen Jenkins
Joseph Calleia
C. Aubrey Smith
Kent Taylor
Patric Knowles
Elisabeth Risdon
Casey Johnson
Dick Hogan
Pedro de Cordoba
Frank Faylen
Bud Geary
Charlie Hall
Dick Hogan
Robert Homans
Selmer Jackson
Tiny Jones
Frank Mills
Pat O'Malley
Ronald R. Rondell