Flight To Tangier (1953)

Set in Northwestern Morocco, five people at an airport are waiting for the same plane to arrive: a pilot (Jack Palance), an American woman (Joan Fontaine), a French woman (Corinne Calvet), a foreign agent (Robert Douglas) and an army colonel (Jeff Morrow). But when the plane arrives, it crashes and burst into flames. But there are no signs of any crew or passengers being on the plane! Directed by Charles Marquis Warren (SPRINGFIELD RIFLE). Originally shot in 3D but mostly released in a "flat" version due to the fading popularity of 3D movies. Though set in Morocco, interiors were filmed on the Paramount soundstages and exteriors shot in rural Southern California locations (and looks it). As a thriller, it's nondescript but serviceable if you go in with low (very low) expectations. Part of the narrative seems contrived but if you hang on till the very end, it's all explained satisfactorily. The kind of potboiler that serves to pass the time. With Murray Matheson and John Pickard.