Soundtrack trivia

I've seen this movie a thousand times and it has so many cool details. One of the most obscure is the background soundtrack. Not main dialogue but almost sound effects to make everything more realistic.

In the check in scene at the beginning of the film behind the dialog there is a paging system that makes flight arrival and departure announcements from time to time. One announcement is:

"Helen Bell, please report to the ticket office. Mrs. Helen Bell, please report to the ticket office".

This film was made by Warner Brothers in 1954. 14 years later Warners Brothers made a film called "Bullit" and the last scene is an extended chase thru the San Francisco airport. Toward the end of that sequence in the background paging system you can hear the same page:

"Helen Bell, please report to the ticket office. Mrs. Helen Bell, please report to the ticket office".


Other trivia:

William Campbell, one of the copilots in this film was once married to a woman who was later known as Judith Campbell Exner who had an extended affair with JFK and Sam Gianconna at the same time.

Michael Wellman is the directors son.

Sidney Blackmer (Mr. Agnew) later played Roman Castevet in Rosemary's Baby

Robert Easton, the cargo clerk at the beginning of the film has become one of Hollywood's leading acting and dialect coaches to some of the biggest stars.

Doe Avedon used to be a top model and was married to top fashion photographer Richard Avedon

Its a fun film with an interesting cast.