Wolfgang Lukschy

When a jet airliner with engine trouble lands in Beirut for a twenty-four hour stopover, purser 'Jonesey' fears his life is in danger from a gold-smuggling gang whom he double-crossed on a previous trip. So begins a day of chilling suspense, as he and other crew members find themselves embroiled in a desperate race to get out of the country alive.

In this unofficial remake of Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo and the first entry in Spaghetti Western director Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy, Clint Eastwood stars among a mixed American and European cast in the movie that initiated the popularity of the genre.