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Stewardess | Aeronautical Engineer
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Marlene Dietrich chose her wardrobe from the newest Christian Dior collection and charged it to the studio. She decided that the fur stole they had wasn't ample enough for her character so she threw on a mink cape and used the stole as a collar piece to get the luxurious look she wanted.
The concept of an airliner suffering catastrophic failure due to metal fatigue after a certain number of flight cycles, as outlined in the 1948 novel and this 1951 film, came true with the failures of the de Havilland Comet in 1954. There are a number of eerie parallels between the fictional account and the later actual events.
James Stewart worked alongside Fred Jones, a scientist (Boffin) from R.A.E Farnborough to get into character. Jones was the lead wreckage analyst on the true-life Comet disaster, mirroring the film.
The single-engine jet fighter seen is a rare Gloster E.1/44 prototype, first flown in 1948. Three were produced for testing. One was destroyed in a ground transportation accident. The other two were scrapped after the program was canceled in 1951, shortly after this film was made.
According to Kenneth More's autobiography, Marlene Dietrich had several of her lines rewritten by Noël Coward, who went uncredited for his work.
"Elspeth Honey: it's very hard being a scientist. One has to think a great deal. The world would have made scarcely any progress at all if it hadn't been for scientists. Dennis Scott: I see. The scientists do the thinking for the world, and the rest of us just live in it, is that it? Elspeth Honey: Yes."
"Monica Teasdale: Why did you pick me out when you decided to save someone? Theodore Honey: Oh, but you ought to live. I mean, the work you do, you should keep on doing it. Monica Teasdale: Oh, the work. No, I don't think I'll buy that. A few cans of celluloid in a junk heap someday. Has been fun, but that's about all."
