It is a shame that the Films of EKG's books were never done very well - there is usually enough aviation content for us aviation enthusiasts (if only for a laugh sometimes).
The Film called
Fate Is the Hunter is actually more akin to the EKG novel
Band Of Brothers.
His book
The High and The Mighty is a very impressive read but the film is nowhere near as good - John Wayne plays the older co pilot very well but the cabin scenes are straight out of
Airplane 
Island in the sky is an interesting film for us but probably a bit slow for the average punter.
Fate is the Hunter is definitely at the top of my reading list and I must dig it out again sometime - it has been a while LOL