Ernest K. Gann

1910-10-13 Lincoln, Nebraska 10 Credits

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ernest Kellogg Gann (October 13, 1910 - December 19, 1991) was an aviator, author, filmmaker, sailor, fisherman and conservationist. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ernest K. Gann, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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The Aviator

The Aviator

1985

Writer

5.6
Writing

A 1920s mail pilot and a rich man's daughter crash-land on a mountain full of hungry wolves.

The Last Flight of Noah's Ark

The Last Flight of Noah's Ark

1980

Writer

5.5
Writing

The only chance to escape a desert island is to convert the plane carrying many different animals into a boat.

Fate Is the Hunter

Fate Is the Hunter

1964

Novel

6.4

An airline executive refuses to believe that pilot error, by his friend, caused a fatal crash and persists in looking for another reason.

Twilight for the Gods

Twilight for the Gods

1958

Novel, Screenplay

4.2
Writing

An alcoholic captain sails a two-master through danger with a call girl and others on board.

Soldier of Fortune

Soldier of Fortune

1955

Novel, Screenplay

5.9
Writing

An American woman arrives in Hong Kong to unravel the mystery of her missing photographer husband. After getting nowhere with the authorities, she is ...

The High and the Mighty

The High and the Mighty

1954

Novel, Screenplay

5.9
Writing

Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit assignments he finds himself on a routine Honolulu-t...

Our Girl Friday

Our Girl Friday

1953

Novel

5.1

Rich Sadie Patch is marooned on a desert island after an emergency on her cruise-ship. With her are Irish stoker Pat, prickly young Jimmy Carrol, and ...

Island in the Sky

Island in the Sky

1953

Screenplay, Novel, Technical Advisor

6.2
Writing

A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastelands of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Captain Dooley, must ke...

The Raging Tide

The Raging Tide

1951

Novel, Screenplay

5.2
Writing

A San Francisco hood is rubbed out by rival Bruno Felkin, who himself reports the crime to Homicide Lt. Kelsey in an alibi scheme which fails. To esca...

Blaze of Noon

Blaze of Noon

1947

Novel

4.0

In this aerial melodrama, four brothers working as stunt pilots for a flying circus leave their jobs to become mail pilots. Because their job requires...