When Hollywood gets on board a recent news event and rushes to make it a movie, there's a certain element of exploitation which can't be denied, and in the case of Dick Purcell playing himself here "recreating" these heroic flights is nothing short of self-promotion. Sometimes, the actor playing themself is sincere (like Babe Ruth in "The Pride of the Yankees" and Audie Murphy in "To Hell and Back"), but here, the screenplay seems rushed, the film is too episodic to maintain interest, and the acting seems forced. Purcell even gets to sing a bit, with Paula Stone, acting as his love interest here. There's no denying that based upon this film, Purcell did some heroic deeds (like flying a sick boy to a hospital and another pilot across the Atlantic to a specialist in England), but based upon what was seen here, the results would have been better as a documentary short. The conclusion contains an idiotic tagline that only proves the ego involved.
Review of Atlantic Flight
