Fugitive in the Sky plot
"A MODERN KILLER TAKES TO THE AIR...as Warner Bros, brings you thrills and chills!"
Journalist Terry Brewer goes to the Los Angeles airport to say goodbye to his beloved Rita Moore, who is a flight attendant. Terry notices G-man Mike Phelan among the passengers and he believes that Phelan is on the trail of a criminal. Terry therefore decides to fly with him because he expects a story. When the plane makes a stopover in New Mexico, the passenger Tristo buys a hunting knife from an Indian. Later that night, a shadowy figure approaches the sleeping Ramon Duval and stabs a knife in his heart. Phelan takes charge of the situation and begins to question the passengers.