Saw this 1954 movie for the first time yesterday. It is on DVD and had not seen the light of day very often.

Slow movie with a lot of characters with extensive back stories. I could not stop thinking of the Airplane movies while watching this as so much of the parodies seemed to be aimed squarely at this one blockbuster which started the transportation disaster genre.

If you enjoy movies with a lot story development revisit The High and the Mighty.