Flight from Singapore explained

Flight from Singapore
Director:	Dudley Birch
Producer:	James Mellor
Starring:	Patrick Allen Patrick Holt William Abney
Music:	Ken Jones
Distributor:	Paramount British Pictures
Runtime:	74 mins
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English

Flight from Singapore is a 1962 British drama film directed and written by Dudley Birch and starring Patrick Allen, Patrick Holt and William Abney.^{[1] [2]}

Plot

Two ex-RAF pilots set-up an airline between Singapore and Hong Kong. They run into trouble when their plane crash lands.

Cast

• Patrick Allen as John Scott
• Patrick Holt as Squadron Leader Hill
• William Abney as Flight Lieutenant Bob Elliott
• Harry Fowler as Sergeant Brooks
• Denis Holmes as Smithy
• Jane Jordan Rogers as Cleo
• Rosemary Dorken as Joan Elliott

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Despite the familiar ingredients of storm and air crash, this film creates little or no suspense – particularly since the rescue plan goes "according to the book". It is altogether an unusually platitudinous affair, and some of the dialogue – particularly that assigned to the two women in the cast – verges on the ludicrous."^[3]

References

1. Web site: Flight from Singapore . 14 August 2024 . British Film Institute Collections Search.
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20090213113435/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/209747 BFI.org
3. 1 January 1963 . Flight from Singapore . . 30 . 348 . 21 . ProQuest.