Julie
US (1956): Thriller
This film is most enjoyable if one doesn't take it too seriously. Doris Day plays stewardess Julie Benton, whose off-in-the-coop musician husband Lyle Benton (Louis Jourdan) makes clear his intentions to murder his wife -- just as he'd done with wife number one. To make a long story short, the climax takes place on a plane in flight. Hoping to kill Julie (not to mention all the other passengers), Lyle shoots the pilot and copilot, then commits suicide. It is up to Julie to bring the plane in safely, as she nervously follows the radioed directions from the control tower. The thing of it is, this is the most believable scene in the picture! Silent film star Mae Marsh, a "regular" in the films of director Andrew L. Stone, appears in the closing scenes as a hysterical passenger. Cast also features Barry Sullivan, Frank Lovejoy, Jack Kelly and Jack Kruschen. (MGM) (Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide)
2 nominations
· Writing (Screenplay original) 1956: Andrew L. Stone
· Music Best Song 1956: "Julie" Leith Stevens - Music, Tom Adair - Lyric