Absolutely the worst movie.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

The acting in this movie is really good.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Excellent drama about an airliner, piloted by Dana Andrews, on a collision course with a Navy jet, piloted by Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. The bulk of the movie is spent on the personal stories of the pilots, crew, and passengers. In many ways, it's a precursor to the Airport movies of the '70s. Zimbalist and Andrews would play reverse roles in Airport 1975, with Zimbalist playing the pilot of the airliner and Andrews playing the pilot of the smaller plane that collide in midair. Both actors are terrific in this and manage to be two of the only cast members not to have any really silly moments. Rhonda Fleming plays Zimbalist's royal bitch of a wife. I felt bad for their daughter. Wooden John Kerr is Andrews' baby-faced co-pilot who's having a thing with sexy stewardess Anne Francis. She has the best lines in the film ("I'm the ex-champ of tramps and ex-tramps make the best wives."). Joe Mantell provides colorful comic relief and the film's most memorable exit. Troy Donahue is Zimbalist's ill-fated passenger. Keenan Wynn, Jean Willes, and Patsy Kelly are a few of the passengers. Probably what most people either love or hate about this movie are the scenes where we get close-ups of a character's face as we hear their thoughts. It's very cheesy but provides a lot of unintentional humor. The quaint special effects are cute. It's a good suspenseful drama with a lot of comedy, intended and otherwise.

To solve all your problems (or almost all of them) :feeling at peace with yourself (and with your son) ,making a declaration of love when you are shy and not very handsome,learning how to play a part your future career in Hollywood depends on,marrying the air hostess you're in love with,etc ,there is nothing like a good disaster!A crowded sky indeed!So many characters it's a wonder the director can solve all their problems !The disaster movies which became trendy in the seventies were not an improvement on this 1960 work,the only missing character is a young child!It's pleasant to see Patsy Kelly as a manager and there are many more familiar faces on the plane ,although they play cardboard characters.

It has been a long time since I saw this movie but it is pretty good. I keep wondering why it and other airplane disaster movies have not been released on DVD. Another one I have looked for is Fate is the Hunter. Maybe it is because of 9/11. The airplanes are obsolete compared to the kind we fly in today but they are still good movies. The original airplane disaster movie (not just my opinion) is The High and the Mighty from 1954 I believe. Maybe it has been released due to the star being John Wayne. Talk about obsolete planes and the passengers in Hawaii having to go thru customs as Hawaii was not yet a state. It is still a great movie with a lot of suspense. The Crowded Sky is the same type of movie and should be released on DVD. What can I say, I like this type of movie.

This movie had a lot of things that I enjoy: vintage commercial airplanes, old military airplanes, radios, radar, art, drama, romance, special effects, etc. In some respects, it must have served as a template for future airliner disaster movies. I don't know why, but I really enjoyed the heavy handed use of flashbacks and scenes where there's a close-up of a character, the surrounding lights dim, and we hear the character's private thoughts. Crowded Sky might not be your cup of tea, but it certainly was mine.