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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