New Orleans, 1932. Tijdens de Amerikaanse depressie krijgt de aan alcohol verslaafde jouralist Burke Devlin de opdracht een vliegshow te verslaan, die in de buurt van New Orleans plaatsvindt. Hij is gefascineerd door de luchtacrobaten, vanwege hun fatalistische levensstijl.
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: Universal Pictures, Universal International Pictures
- Trefwoord: airplane, based on novel or book, love triangle, new orleans, louisiana, mardi gras, pilot, airplane wreck, great depression, reporter, black and white, daredevil, amusement park, newspaper reporter, air race, stunt flying, pilot hero, death of husband, airfield, propeller airplane, exploding airplane, neglected wife, parachutist, aerobatics, barnstorming, air show, 1930s, parachute jumping, airplane pilot, adrenaline junkie, thrill seeker, plane crash, friends love same woman, airport ending, air crash, aircraft mechanic, car racing, ace pilot, aircraft crash
- Gips: Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, Jack Carson, Robert Middleton, William Schallert