Landfall

Described by the late David Shipman as "a dreadful film" this earlier adaptation of a novel by Nevil Shute further demonstrates his preoccupation with the office politics of aviation in which Michael Denison - like James Stewart in the later 'No Highway' - falls foul of the authorities over a difference of opinion which results in him being hauled over the coals for causing grievous disruption for jumping the gun to destructive effect.

Although this film was made after the war the story takes place in 1940, with the tone less heroic and the emphasis more on events on the ground than in the air.