Ernest K. Gann
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ernest Kellogg Gann (October 13, 1910 - December 19, 1991) was an aviator, author, filmmaker, sailor, fisherman and conservationist. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ernest K. Gann, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of... Read full bio →
The Aviator
A 1920s mail pilot and a rich man's daughter crash-land on a mountain full of hungry wolves.
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark
When a plane carrying various animals makes a forced landing on a desert island, the only chance to escape is to convert the plane into a boat.
The High and the Mighty
Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit assignments he finds himself on a routine Honolulu-to-San Francisco flight - one that takes a terrifying suspense-building turn when disaster strikes high above the Pacific Ocean at the point of no return.
Island in the Sky
A transport plane crash-lands in the frozen wastes of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while waiting for rescue.
The Raging Tide
A San Francisco hood is rubbed out by rival Bruno Felkin, who himself reports the crime to Homicide Lt. Kelsey in an alibi scheme which fails. To escape, he stows away on a fishing boat. At sea, skipper Hamil Linder receives Bruno kindly, teaching him fishing; Bruno enlists Hamil's wayward son Carl to tend his slot machines.