A remarkable, star-studded cast, featuring Academy Award Winners Bette Davis, Shelley Winters and Beatrice Straight, creates "a superb film" with "so much warmth and strength" it's "a gem" highlighted by a performance by Davis that "will haunt you days hence" (Los Angeles Examiner). The Hollywood Reporter calls this enthralling drama "warm, witty and compassionate", led by a "cast of players that could not bear improvement".

Four strangers board a plane and become fast friends, but a catastrophic crash leaves only one survivor (Gary Merrill). He then sets off on a journey to discover who his fellow passengers were, but ultimately discovers the devastating truth about himself.