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    The Man in the Sky

    87'

    1957-01-24

    7.5

    Dare-devil test pilot takes you on a nerve-tingling adventure!

    Drama

    Overview:

    The efforts of test pilot John Mitchell to make a better life for his wife Mary and their two children seem doomed to failure and he blames himself. At the Conway Aero-Manufacturing Company of Wolverhampton, Mitchell is to take the company's new rocket-propulsion transport plane up for tests, fully loaded and carrying two important passengers - Ministry official Crabtree and buyer's representative Ashmore. Mitchell learns from his boss, Reg Conway, that if Ashmore does not recommend the plane, the company will be out of business and Mitchell out of a job, since the plane is not even insured as the firm's entire capital is tied up in the plane. Aloft, an engine catches fire and the passengers and other crew bail out, but Mitchell refuses to obey orders to jettison the plane in the Irish Sea.

    WritingWilliam RoseDirectingCharles Crichton

    Cast

    2

    John Mitchell

    Jack Hawkins

    1

    Mary Mitchell

    Elizabeth Sellars

    1

    Reginald Conway

    Walter Fitzgerald

    1

    Ashmore

    Eddie Byrne

    1

    Peter Hook

    John Stratton

    1

    Joe Biggs

    Victor Maddern

    1

    Keith

    Lionel Jeffries

    2

    Crabtree

    Donald Pleasence

    1

    Mary's mother

    Catherine Lacey

    1

    Mrs. Snowden

    Megs Jenkins

    1

    Maine

    Ernest Clark

    1

    Nicholas Mitchell

    Jeremy Bodkin

    1

    Philip Mitchell

    Gerard Lohan

    1

    Ingrams

    Howard Marion-Crawford

    1

    Sim

    Russell Waters

    1

    Raymond Francis

    1

    John Baddeley

    1

    Mary Mackenzie

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    Details:

    • Budget: 0
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    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. United Kingdom
    • List of languages:
      1. English
    • List of companies:
      1. Ealing Studios
    • Vote Count: 12
    • Popularity: 1.4373
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:The Man in the Sky

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