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Island in the Sky (1953)

He Fought Every Fury of Man and Mountain To Get Where His Woman Was!

6.3(71)1h 49mSeptember 5, 1953

Adventure Drama

William A. Wellman

Director

Ernest K. Gann

Writer

Rate

Diary

Overview

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.

Cast

John Wayne

Captain Dooley

Lloyd Nolan

Captain Stutz

Walter Abel

Col. Fuller

James Arness

Mac McMullen

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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

Status: Released
Original language: English
Release date: September 5, 1953
Production: Wayne-Fellows Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
Country: United States of America

Keywords

airplaneradiosurvivalsnowfood rationingnavigation

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