Cy Endfield - Director

― In 1879, during the Zulu wars, man of the people Lt. John Chard (Stanley Baker) and snooty Lt Gonvil..

― During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific islan..

― A diverse group of individuals struggle to survive in the Kalahari desert after their passenger plan..

― A professor of astronomy helping on a missile development program. An old friend of his is a Russian..