The supporting cast included Claire Trevor, Richard Arlen, William Demarest, and Anna Kashfi.

It is based on La neige en deuil, a 1952 French novel by Henri Troyat which was inspired by the crash of Air India Flight 245 in 1950.

When a passenger plane crashes near the top of Mont Blanc in the French Alps, greedy Christopher Teller decides to go and rob the dead.

On the descent, Chris, ignoring Zachary's warning, tries to cross an unsafe snow bridge and falls to his death.

"[3] Several actual mountain climbers have reviewed the film, including Benjamin Epstein, who wrote in the Los Angeles Times that it "is long on heart [but] short on realism"[4]—a view shared by Colorado writer/climber Candace Horgan.