Island in the Sky (1953)
1h 49m
Running Time
September 5, 1953Release Date
Island in the Sky (1953)
1h 49m
Running Time
September 5, 1953Release Date
Plot.
A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastelands of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Captain Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while awaiting rescue.
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Cast & Crew.
John Wayne
Captain Dooley / Producer
Lloyd Nolan
Captain Stutz
Walter Abel
Col. Fuller
James Arness
Mac McMullen
Andy Devine
Willie Moon
Allyn Joslyn
J.H. Handy
Jimmy Lydon
Murray, Dooley's navigator
Harry Carey, Jr.
Ralph Hunt, Moon's co-pilot
Hal Baylor
Stankowski, Dooley's engineer
Sean McClory
Frank Lovatt, Dooley's co-pilot
Wally Cassell
D'Annunzia, Dooley's radioman
Gordon Jones
Walrus
Frank Fenton
Captain Turner
Robert Keys
Major Ditson
Sumner Getchell
Lieutenant Cord
Regis Toomey
Sergeant Harper
Paul Fix
Wally Miller
Jim Dugan
Gidley
George Chandler
Rene
Louis Jean Heydt
Fitch
Bob Steele
Wilson
Darryl Hickman
Swanson
Mike Connors
Gainer
Cass Gidley
Stannish
Herbert Anderson
Breezy
Anthony De Mario
Ogden
Ann Doran
Moon's Wife (uncredited)
Fess Parker
Fitch's Co-Pilot (uncredited)
William A. Wellman
Narrator (voice) (uncredited) / Director
Dawn Bender
Murray's Wife
Carl Switzer
Sonny Hopper
Billy Lee Aimone
Boy (uncredited)
Emil Newman
Original Music Composer
Ernest K. Gann
Novel / Screenplay / Technical Advisor
Robert Fellows
Producer
Archie Stout
Director of Photography
Ralph Dawson
Editor
James Basevi
Art Direction
Joseph La Bella
Property Master
Ralph S. Hurst
Set Decoration
Web Overlander
Makeup Artist
William H. Clothier
Aerial Camera
Andrew V. McLaglen
Assistant Director
Don Christy
Still Photographer
Nate H. Edwards
Production Manager
Carl Walker
Wardrobe Supervisor
Alex Weldon
Special Effects
William A. Mueller
Sound
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 5, 1953
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 49m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
radio
airplane
survival
snow
food rationing
navigation
Wiki.
Island in the Sky is a 1953 American aviation adventure drama film written by Ernest K. Gann based on his 1944 novel of the same name, directed by William A. Wellman and starring and coproduced by John Wayne. Because of its realistic depiction of an actual aircraft crash, some consider the film as among the classic aviation films. The film also features Andy Devine, Lloyd Nolan, James Arness and Paul Fix.
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