Dennis Bell A real rattletrap of a movie, in which all the parts clank like mad but can't mesh. Jack Palance is poorly used in a script that has him playing from moment to moment the grim stoic, man of the world, homesick patriot, lovesick romantic, and half a dozen additional stereotypes. He spends most of the time literally dragging around Joan Fontaine and Corrine Calvet while on the run from both the police and black marketeers. The plot is a slice of Cold War tripe in which embargoed American war surplus material is being sold to the Russians. Nobody in the cast looks entirely comfortable at any point, and neither will the viewer.

MartinHafer Apart from being filmed in 3D, there isn't a whole lot to distinguish "Flight to Tangier". It's an action-adventure film with very little action and it's, at best, a time passer. Aside from Joan Fontaine, it's mostly filled with B-list actors and just left me flat.When the film begins, a DC-3 airplane crashes at an airport in the international city of Tangier*. Oddly, however, no bodies are found in the wreck...and two folks, Susan and Gil (Joan Fontaine and Jack Palance) are caught by the police looking through the wreckage. Soon the police are giving them grief...as are some criminals and the pair want answers. What happened to the pilot and why?!It's weird but the film features some chases...and no one runs or really chases. It all seems very low energy and almost slow motion...and the film never rose above the level of mediocre at any point.

mikesa the "no country for old men" connection is simple. "flight to tangier" contains an attempt to hold on to some money lost in a "colossal goat f**k" (as Stephen Root's character calls the events in the desert in ncfom) while being chased by two groups. from the "flight to tangier" summary: "a plane crashes at the Tangier airport. The plane was supposed to be bringing in $3,000,000 to finance the purchase, by an Iron Curtain agent, of war planes from a Tangier black-market operator. Susan enlists the aid of Walker to find the missing pilot and the money, which she knows to be safely hidden 75 miles south of Tangier. The chase is on with Susan and Walker pursued by the black-market racketeers who, in turn, are trailed by the police"this goes to show that the cohen's know everything about obscure cinema and are capable of drawing many amusing oblique connections!

amhnorris Although this film is by no means an AFI classic, I was nonetheless surprised that it hadn't yet received a single comment. For what it is its fine, an enjoyable drama very much a product of its time (Cold War themes, etc.) The sets are laughably unreal, but the acting (and by that I mean Fontaine and Palance) compensates. Joan Fontaine is one of my favorite actresses and was the main reason for my watching this. She does seem to be having fun in a film that is quite a departure from her typical fare. I had never seen Corinne Calvet in anything before and I suppose she does all that is required of her, i.e. look buxom and speak in a breathy French intonation. She is the standard Tart-With-A-Heart character, and its interesting to note (spoiler) Palance's rejection of her attempts at seduction as an interesting indication of 50s morality: sexuality is something to be suppressed, not exposed. Ultimately she pays for her behavior. All in all an entertaining film, and I'm sure those who watch it will realize the type of film that it is going into it.